Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [121-140] of 403 Reason quotesReason QuotesReason Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.~ Albert Einstein My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.~ Albert Einstein Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.~ Albert Einstein The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.~ Dwight D. Eisenhower A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Who shall forbid a wise skepticism, seeing that there is no practical question on which anything more than an approximate solution can be had?~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people.~ W. C. Fields Two cheers for democracy; one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.~ E. M. Forster Increasingly constructive doubt is the sign of advancing civilization.~ Jerome D. Frank The mark of a truly civilized man is confidence in the strength and security derived from the inquiring mind.~ Felix Frankfurter Being tolerant does not mean that I share another one’s belief. But it does mean that I acknowledge another one’s right to believe, and obey, his own conscience.~ Viktor Frankl Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you.~ Benjamin Franklin Moderation in all things -- including moderation.~ Benjamin Franklin The key insight of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations is misleadingly simple: if an exchange between two parties is voluntary, it will not take place unless both believe they will benefit from it. Most economic fallacies derive from the neglect of this simple insight, from the tendency to assume that there is a fixed pie, that one party can gain only at the expense of another.~ Milton Friedman If faith cannot be reconciled with rational thinking, it has to be eliminated as an anachronistic remnant of earlier stages of culture and replaced by science dealing with facts and theories which are intelligible and can be validated.~ Erich Fromm I know of no inquiry which the impulses of man suggests that is forbidden to the resolution of man to pursue.~ Margaret Fuller I do encourage you to question authority, apply logic, and think for yourself. Look at the forest, not the trees. And the centuries, not the months. Or you might risk being lead willingly, as a sheep, to the slaughter.~ Rick Gaber Always remember the difference between economic power and political power: You can refuse to hire someone's services or buy his products in the private sector and go somewhere else instead. In the public sector, though, if you refuse to accept a politician's or bureaucrat's product or services you go to jail. Ultimately, after all, all regulations are observed and all taxes are paid at gunpoint. I believe those few who can't even see that have been short-sighted sheep, and I suggest they learn how to think conceptually, develop consistency and grasp principles soon.~ Rick Gaber In questions of science the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.~ Galileo Galilei An eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print