“The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.”

A permissive government is a government that leaves control to other sources.

A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.

A permissive government is a government that leaves control to other sources.

A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.

A permissive government is a government that leaves control to other sources.

It is not a question of starting. The start has been made. It’s a question of what’s to be done from now on.

It is not a question of starting. The start has been made. It’s a question of what’s to be done from now on.

A first principle not formally recognized by scientific methodologists: when you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.

It is not a question of starting. The start has been made. It’s a question of what’s to be done from now on.

The real question is not whether machines think but whether men do. The mystery which surrounds a thinking machine already surrounds a thinking man.

A first principle not formally recognized by scientific methodologists: when you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.

The real question is not whether machines think but whether men do. The mystery which surrounds a thinking machine already surrounds a thinking man.

A person’s genetic endowment, a product of the evolution of the species, is said to explain part of the workings of his mind and his personal history the rest.

A first principle not formally recognized by scientific methodologists: when you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.

The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.

The real question is not whether machines think but whether men do. The mystery which surrounds a thinking machine already surrounds a thinking man.

So we find that the three possible solutions of the great problem of increasing human energy are answered by the three words: food, peace, work.

One of the great problems of mankind is that we suffer from a poverty of the spirit which stands in glaring contrast to our scientific and technological abundance.

To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is.

I consider it an extremely dangerous doctrine, because the more likely we are to assume that the solution comes from the outside, the less likely we are to solve our problems ourselves.

Smiling is the best way to face every problem, to crush every fear, to hide every pain.

Inner peace is the key: if you have inner peace, the external problems do not affect your deep sense of peace and tranquility.

One is always a long way from solving a problem until one actually has the answer.

We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.