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You can only be afraid of what you think you know.

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What religion a man holds, to what race he belongs, these things are not important; the really important thing is this knowledge: the knowledge of God...more

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Acquiring knowledge is a form of imitation.

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While one is young is the time to investigate, to experiment with everything. The school should help its young people to discover their vocations and ...more

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Do you know that even when you look at a tree and say, `That is an oak tree', or `that is a banyan tree', the naming of the tree, which is botanical k...more

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To be free, you have to examine authority, the whole skeleton of authority, tearing to pieces the whole dirty thing. And that requires energy, actual ...more

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To inquire and to learn is the function of the mind, By learning I do not mean the mere cultivation of memory or the accumulation of knowledge, but th...more

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One of the fundamental causes of the disintegration of society is copying, which is the worship of authority.

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There must be a certain amount of imitation, copying, in outward technique, but when there is inward, psychological imitation surely we cease to be cr...more

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To ask the 'right' question is far more important than to receive the answer. The solution of a problem lies in the understanding of the problem; the ...more