Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen. |
Small is the number of people who see with their eyes and think with their minds. |
Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions. |
Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God. |
The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education. Topics: Education |
I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind. |
All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual. |
The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination. |
In order to be an immaculate member of a flock of sheep, one must above all be a sheep oneself. |
He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice. |
Occurrences in this domain are beyond the reach of exact prediction because of the variety of factors in operation, not because of any lack of order in nature. |
Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. Topics: Education |
As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue. |
Isn't it strange that I who have written only unpopular books should be such a popular fellow? |
A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy? |
God does not play dice. |
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love. |
One may say the eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility. |
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing. |
You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war. |