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“Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.”
― Voltaire

“The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.”
― Voltaire

“Common sense is not so common.”
― Voltaire, A Pocket Philosophical Dictionary

“Love truth, but pardon error.”
― Voltaire

“I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.”
― Voltaire

“Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.”
― Voltaire, Candide

“Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.”
― Voltaire

“Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.”
― Voltaire

“Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.”
― Voltaire

“All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit quiet in a room alone.”
― Blaise Pascal

“The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.”
― George Bernard Shaw

“One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away.”
― Stephen Hawking

“Quiet people have the loudest minds.”
― Stephen Hawking

“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change. ”
― Stephen Hawking

“I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.”
― John D. Rockefeller

“I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.”
― John D. Rockefeller

“The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit . . . a reputation, character.”
― John D. Rockefeller

“I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.”
― John D. Rockefeller

“If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.”
― John D. Rockefeller

“Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed" ~ John D. Rockefeller”
― John D. Rockefeller

“It is very important to remember what other people tell you, not so much what you yourself already know.”
― John D. Rockefeller, Quotations by John D. Rockefeller

“No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.”
― Karl Popper

“Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve.”
― Karl Popper

“True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it.”
― Karl R. Popper

“All life is problem solving”
― Karl Popper

“Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell.”
― Karl R. Popper

“I remained a socialist for several years, even after my rejection of Marxism; and if there could be such a thing as socialism combined with individual liberty, I would be a socialist still. For nothing could be better than living a modest, simple, and free life in an egalitarian society. It took some time before I recognized this as no more than a beautiful dream; that freedom is more important than equality; that the attempt to realize equality endangers freedom; and that, if freedom is lost, there will not even be equality among the unfree.”
― Karl R. Popper, Unended Quest: An Intellectual Autobiography