Those who desire to rise as high as our human condition allows, must renounce intellectual pride, the omnipotence of clear thinking, belief in the absolute power of logic.
The quality of life is more important than life itself.
The most efficient way to live reasonably is every morning to make a plan of one’s day and every night to examine the results obtained.
The love of beauty in its multiple forms is the noblest gift of the human cerebrum.
The first duty of society is to give each of its members the possibility of fulfilling his destiny. When it becomes incapable of performing this duty it must be transformed.
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.
Science has to be understood in its broadest sense, as a method for comprehending all observable reality, and not merely as an instrument for acquiring specialized knowledge.
Religion brings to man an inner strength, spiritual light, and ineffable peace.
Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor.
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