The atmosphere of libraries, lecture rooms and laboratories is dangerous to those who shut themselves up in them too long. It separates us from reality like a fog.

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The quality of life is more important than life itself

The quality of life is more important than life itself

A few observation and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning...

A few observation and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning...

Those who desire to rise as high as our human condition allows, must renounce intellectual...

Those who desire to rise as high as our human condition allows, must renounce intellectual...

Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor.

Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor.

Science has to be understood in its broadest sense, as a method for comprehending all...

Science has to be understood in its broadest sense, as a method for comprehending all...

In man, the things which are not measurable are more important than those which are...

In man, the things which are not measurable are more important than those which are...

The quality of life is more important than life itself.

The quality of life is more important than life itself.

Everyone makes a greater effort to hurt other people than to help himself.

Everyone makes a greater effort to hurt other people than to help himself.

Hard conditions of life are indispensable to bringing out the best in human personality.

Hard conditions of life are indispensable to bringing out the best in human personality.

The mug is a tool. My ace in the hole. To have looks is the...

The mug is a tool. My ace in the hole. To have looks is the...

Life leaps like a geyser for those who drill through the rock of inertia.

Life leaps like a geyser for those who drill through the rock of inertia.

Comforts and syphilis are the greatest enemies of mankind.

Comforts and syphilis are the greatest enemies of mankind.

Like hatred, jealousy is forbidden by the laws of life because it is essentially destructive.

Like hatred, jealousy is forbidden by the laws of life because it is essentially destructive.

Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality.

Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality.

To what extent is any given man morally responsible for any given act? We do...

To what extent is any given man morally responsible for any given act? We do...

The love of beauty in its multiple forms is the noblest gift of the human...

The love of beauty in its multiple forms is the noblest gift of the human...

Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality

Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality

Over thinking, over analyzing separates the body from the mind. Withering my intuition leaving all...

Over thinking, over analyzing separates the body from the mind. Withering my intuition leaving all...

What passes for woman's intuition is often nothing more than man's transparency.

What passes for woman's intuition is often nothing more than man's transparency.

You must train your intuition - you must trust the small voice inside you which...

You must train your intuition - you must trust the small voice inside you which...