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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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.

The most efficient way to live reasonably is every morning to make a plan of...

The most efficient way to live reasonably is every morning to make a plan of...

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...

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.

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

The quality of life is more important than life itself

The quality of life is more important than life itself

All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to...

All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to...

The first duty of society is to give each of its members the possibility of...

The first duty of society is to give each of its members the possibility of...

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...

Comforts and syphilis are the greatest enemies of mankind.

Comforts and syphilis are the greatest enemies of mankind.

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.

The quality of life is more important than life itself.

The quality of life is more important than life itself.

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.

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...

All great men are gifted with intuition. They know without reasoning or analysis, what they...

All great men are gifted with intuition. They know without reasoning or analysis, what they...

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

Jealousy is the art of counting someone else's blessings instead of your own.

Jealousy is the art of counting someone else's blessings instead of your own.

What sort of love is permeated by jealousy? You are jealous because you are unaware...

What sort of love is permeated by jealousy? You are jealous because you are unaware...

Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love

Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love