Waleed Abbas

“Nevertheless, (Jefferson) believed that the habit of skepticism is an essential prerequisite for responsible citizenship. He argued that the cost of education is trivial compared to the cost of ignorance, of leaving government to the wolves. He taught that the country is safe only when the people rule.”
― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

“Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough.”
― Richard P. Feynman

“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”
― C.S. Lewis

“The forces of piety have always and everywhere been the sworn enemy of the open mind and the open book.”
― Christopher Hitchens, Letters to a Young Contrarian