Random Quotes
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More than ever, the creation of the ridiculous is almost impossible because of the competition it receives from reality.Robert A. Baker
I have deep faith that the principle of the universe will be beautiful and simple.Albert Einstein
You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.Galileo Galilei
Happy is he who gets to know the reasons for things.Virgil
This only is certain, that there is nothing certain; and nothing more miserable and yet more arrogant than man.Pliny the Elder
The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.Pierre Abelard
There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.Hippocrates
Most institutions demand unqualified faith; but the institution of science makes skepticism a virtue.Robert K. Merton
Philosophy consists very largely of one philosopher arguing that all others are jackasses. He usually proves it, and I should add that he also usually proves that he is one himself.H. L. Mencken
Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.Immanuel Kant