Escritas

Poems List

Everything is vague to a

Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.
👁️ 161

Nothing of importance is ever

Nothing of importance is ever achieved without discipline. I feel myself sometimes not wholly in sympathy with some modern educational theorists, because I think that they underestimate the part that discipline plays. But the discipline you have in your life should be one determined by your own desires and your own needs, not put upon you by society or authority.
👁️ 161

A process which led from

A process which led from the amoeba to man appeared to philosophers to be obviously progress -- though whether the amoeba would agree with this opinion is not known.
👁️ 177

I would never die for

I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
👁️ 147

Mathematics may be defined as

Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true.
👁️ 205

The most savage controversies are

The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.
👁️ 239

One of the chief obstacles

One of the chief obstacles to intelligence is credulity, and credulity could be enormously diminished by instructions as to the prevalent forms of mendacity. Credulity is a greater evil in the present day than it ever was before, because, owing to the growth of education, it is much easier than it used to be to spread misinformation, and, owing to democracy, the spread of misinformation is more important than in former times to the holders of power.
👁️ 547

Fear is, I believe, a

Fear is, I believe, a most effective tool in destroying the soul of an individual--and the soul of a people.
👁️ 166

The main thing needed to

The main thing needed to make men happy is intelligence.
👁️ 187

The point of philosophy is

The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it.
👁️ 155

Comments (0)

ShareOn Facebook X Instagram
Log in ToPostComment

NoComments