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If we only obey those rules that we think are just and reasonable, then no rule will stand, for there is no rule that some will not think is unjust and unreasonable.

Isaac Asimov

Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. The only function of a school is to make self-education easier; failing that, it does nothing.
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If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn’t brood. I’d type a little faster.
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Death Doctor Fast Live Myself Time
No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
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Decision Philosophy World
Inspect every piece of pseudoscience and you will find a security blanket.
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Pieces Science Security Yourself
Since emotions are few and reasons are many (said the robot Giscard) the behavior of a crowd can be more easily predicted than the behavior of one person.
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Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what’s right.
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There is no belief, however foolish, that will not gather its faithful adherents who will defend it to the death.
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There seems to be a feeling that anything that is natural is good. Strychnine is natural.
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It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.
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Nothing has to be true, but everything has to sound true.
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The tyranny that now exists is actual. That which may exist in the future is potential. If we are always to draw back from change with the thought that the change may be for the worse, then there is no hope at all of ever escaping injustice.
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Intelligence is an accident of evolution, and not necessarily an advantage.
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I figure that if God actually does exist, he is big enough to understand an honest difference of opinion.
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He always pictured himself a libertarian, which to my way of thinking means “I want the liberty to grow rich and you can have the liberty to starve”. It’s easy to believe that no one should depend on society for help when you yourself happen not to need such help.
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At odd and unpredictable times, we cling in fright to the past .
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There is an art to science, and a science in art; the two are not enemies, but different aspects of the whole.
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If we only obey those rules that we think are just and reasonable, then no rule will stand, for there is no rule that some will not think is unjust and unreasonable.

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