“When we suffer, instinctively we want to run away from it—through religion, through entertainment, reading books, through anything to get away from the suffering. Now if the mind is attentive and does not move away from suffering at all, then you will see that out of total attention comes not only energy—which means passion—but also that suffering comes to an end.”

in J. Krishnamurti, Psychology, Writers

-J. Krishnamurti

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“We know: of course, with regard to the market and similar social structures, a great many facts which we cannot measure and on which indeed we have only some very imprecise and general information. And because the effects of these facts in any particular instance cannot be confirmed by quantitative evidence, they are simply disregarded by those sworn to admit only what they regard as scientific evidence: they thereupon happily proceed on the fiction that the factors which they can measure are the only ones that are relevant…On this standard there may thus well exist better ‘scientific’ evidence for a false theory, which will be accepted because it is more ‘scientific’, than for a valid explanation, which is rejected because there is no sufficient quantitative evidence for it…I prefer true but imperfect knowledge, even if it leaves much indetermined and unpredictable, to a pretence of exact knowledge that is likely to be false.”

in Epistemology, F.A. Hayek, Writers

-F.A. Hayek

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“The source of the government’s authority is ‘the consent of the governed.’ This means that the government is not the ruler, but the servant or agent of the citizens; it means that the government as such has no rights except the rights delegated to it by the citizens for a specific purpose.”

in Ayn Rand, Liberty, Writers

-Ayn Rand

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“Science is built up with facts, as a house is with stones. But a collection of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house.”

in Jules Henri Poincaré, Science, Writers

-Jules Henri Poincaré

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“Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally.”

in John Maynard Keynes, Success, Writers

-John Maynard Keynes

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“Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.”

in Happiness, Nicolas de Chamfort, Writers

-Nicolas de Chamfort

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“Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness.”

in Edward Stanley, Wise, Writers

-Edward Stanley

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