Science Will Stagnate If It Is Made

Degeneracy Follows Every Autocratic System Of Violence, For Violence Inevitably Attracts Moral Inferiors. Time Has Proven That Illustrious Tyrants Are Succeeded By Scoundrels.

As For The Search For Truth, I Know From My Own Painful Searching, With Its Many Blind Alleys, How Hard It Is To Take A Reliable Step, Be It Ever So Small, Towards The Understanding Of That Which Is Truly Significant.

Great Spirits Have Always Found Violent Opposition From Mediocre Minds. The Latter Cannot Understand It When A Man Does Not Thoughtlessly Submit To Hereditary Prejudices But Honestly And Courageously Uses His Intelligence.

The Desire For Guidance, Love, And Support Prompts Men To Form The Social Or Moral Conception Of God. This Is The God Of Providence, Who Protects, Disposes, Rewards, And Punishes; The God Who, According To The Limits Of The Believer's Outlook, Loves And Cherishes The Life Of The Tribe Or Of The Human Race, Or Even Of Life Itself; The Comforter In Sorrow And Unsatisfied Longing; He Who Preserves The Souls Of The Dead. This Is The Social Or Moral Conception Of God.

If You Want Your Children To Be Smart, Tell Them Stories. If You Want Them To Be Really Smart, Tell Them More Stories. If You Want Your Children To Be Brilliant, Tell Them Even More Stories.