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Imagine that. Terrible, terrible, the way we have all bent to the yoke; the affection we have for the harness about us.

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The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

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Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know—and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselve...more

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We are gaining the knowledge science is giving us that. Now we need wisdom as well.

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Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.

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Old men tend to forget what thought was like in their youth; they forget the quickness of the mental jump, the daring of the youthful intuition, the a...more

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The day of the week on which the tour took place was known to all workers. All devices in its path ought to have been carefully neutralized or locked,...more

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Why do you think it is stupid to go to windows instead of to doors?”“Because you advertise what you’re trying to hide, silly. If I have a secret, I do...more

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The young specialist in English Lit, having quoted me, went on to lecture me severely on the fact that in every century people have thought they under...more

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Isn't it sad that you can tell people that the ozone layer is being depleted, the forests are being cut down, the deserts are advancing steadily, that...more

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Scientist are human. Unraveling the knots of Nature's mysteries is a reward in itself; but even so, scientists like to hear the applause of the audien...more