How can it be that mathematics, being after all a product of human thought which is independent of experience, is so admirably appropriate to the objects of reality? Is human reason, then, without experience, merely by taking thought, able to…

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The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he...

The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he...

The difference between what the most and the least learned people know is inexpressibly trivial...

The difference between what the most and the least learned people know is inexpressibly trivial...

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of...

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of...

How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics...

How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics...

Only a life lived for others is worth living.

Only a life lived for others is worth living.

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land...

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land...

I believe you should live each day as if it is your last, which is...

I believe you should live each day as if it is your last, which is...

Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.

Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.

When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you...

When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you...

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land...

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land...

My intellectual development was retarded, as a result of which I began to wonder about...

My intellectual development was retarded, as a result of which I began to wonder about...

I used to go away for weeks in a state of confusion.

I used to go away for weeks in a state of confusion.

Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.

Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.

As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.

As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.

When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you...

When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you...

All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the...

All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the...

The search for truth is more precious than its possession.

The search for truth is more precious than its possession.

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it

Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men...

Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men...

Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.

Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.

Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you...

Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you...