“Opinion leads us by the ears, the eyes, — and, I had almost said, by the nose. It warps our understandings, confounds our judgments, dissipates experience and turns our passions to its purpose.”— Laurence Sterne, Letter, Scarborough, August 29, 1787Share
“As we jogg on, either laugh with me, or at me, or in short do any thing—only keep your temper.”— Laurence SterneShare
“Science is not the truth. Science is finding the truth. When science changes its opinion, it didn't lie to you.”— Brené BrownShare
“Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to realise the unimportance of time is the gate of wisdom.”— Bertrand RussellShare
“There was never a genius who was not thought a fool until he disclosed himself; whereas he is a fool then only.”— Ambrose BierceShare
“I was thinking what a curious thing love is; only a sentiment, and yet it has power to make fools of men and slaves of women.”— Louisa May AlcottShare
“In practical life we are compelled to follow what is most probable; in speculative thought we are compelled to follow truth.”— Baruch SpinozaShare
“For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.”— The Gospel of MatthewShare
