Whenever you feel like
Whenever you feel like criticizing any one… just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had. F. Scott Fitzgerald
Understanding The World
I don’t have the
I don’t have the slightest interest in gold. I like understanding what works and what doesn’t in human systems. To me that’s not optional; that’s a moral obligation. If you’re capable of understanding the world, you have a moral obligation to become rational. And I don’t see how you become rational hoarding gold. Even if … Read more
Books are key to
Books are key to understanding the world and participating in a democratic society. Carl Sagan
But I try not
But I try not to think with my gut. If I’m serious about understanding the world, thinking with anything besides my brain, as tempting as that might be, is likely to get me into trouble. Carl Sagan
Reading has always been
Reading has always been life unwrapped to me, a way of understanding the world and understanding myself through both the unknown and the everyday. If being a parent consists often of passing along chunks of ourselves to unwitting-often unwilling-recipients, then books are, for me, one of the simplest and most sure-fire ways of doing that. … Read more
The most incomprehensible thing
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible. Albert Einstein
Peace cannot be kept
Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding. Albert Einstein
The evil that is
The evil that is in the world always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence, if they lack understanding. Albert Camus
The relationship between science
The relationship between science and the humanities is two-way. Science changes our view of the world and our place in it. In the other direction, the humanities provide the store of ideas and images and language available to us in understanding the world. The exploding star of A.D. 1054, the Crab Nebula, was sighted and … Read more