Nihil ergo magis praestandum est, quam ne pecorum ritu sequamur antecedentium gregem, pergentes non quo eundum est, sed quo itur. Atqui nulla res nos maioribus malis implicat, quam quod ad rumorem componimur, optima rati ea, quae magno adsensu recepta sunt quodque exempla nobis multa sunt, nec ad rationem sed ad similitudinem vivimus.
(Folgen wir nicht, wie das Herdenvieh, der Schar der Vorangehenden! Wandern wir nicht, wo gegangen wird, anstatt auf dem Wege, den man gehen soll! Nichts bringt uns in größere Übel, als wenn wir uns nach dem Gerede der Leute richten, für das Beste halten, was allgemein angenommen wird, nicht nach Vernunftgründen, sondern nach Beispielen leben.)
My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.
If the worst-case scenario about climate change, all the worst predictions, if they never materialize, what will be the harm that is done from having made the decision to respond to it? We would actually leave our air cleaner. We would leave our water cleaner. We would actually make our food supply more secure. Our populations would be healthier because of fewer particulates of pollution in the air – less cost to health care. […] But imagine if the 97 percent of those scientists are correct and the people who say no are wrong. Then the people who say no will have presented us with one of the most catastrophic, grave threats in the history of human life.
Ich sterbe mit der Überzeugung, die ich seit 1968 und seit Catonsville habe, dass Nuklearwaffen die Geißel der Erde sind. Die Rohstoffe für die Waffen zu gewinnen, sie zu produzieren, sie aufzustellen und anzuwenden, ist eine Beleidigung gegen Gott, die menschliche Gesellschaft und die Erde selbst.
A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.
George Bernard ShawDer Spruch darf mit Autorenangabe frei verwendet werden, da die urheberrechtliche Schutzfrist abgelaufen ist († 2. November 1950) Zur Autorenbiographie
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
AristotleDer Spruch darf mit Autorenangabe frei verwendet werden, da die urheberrechtliche Schutzfrist abgelaufen ist († 322 v. Chr) Zur Autorenbiographie
Parting your soup is not a miracle Bruce, it's a magic trick. A single mom who's working two jobs, and still finds time to take her son to soccer practice, that's a miracle. A teenager who says "no" to drugs and "yes" to an education, that's a miracle. People want me to do everything for them. What they don't realize is they have the power. You want to see a miracle, son? Be the miracle.
