

“Men passionately desire to live after death, but they often pass away without noticing the fact that the memory of a really good person always lives. It is impressed upon the next generation, and is transmitted again to the children. Is that not an immortality worth striving for? ”
― Memoirs of a Revolutionist
― Memoirs of a Revolutionist

“It is not difficult, indeed, to see the absurdity of naming a few men and saying to them, "Make laws regulating all our spheres of activity, although not one of you knows anything about them!”
― The Conquest of Bread
― The Conquest of Bread

“It is always necessary to jump up and down on the scaffold of knowledge to make sure it is solid. If you are skeptical about a scientific claim, then jump up and down on it as hard as you can until you expose a weakness or convince yourself that it is solid.”
― The Neighborhood Project: Using Evolution to Improve My City, One Block at a Time
― The Neighborhood Project: Using Evolution to Improve My City, One Block at a Time
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