

“The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge.”
― Think and Grow Rich
― Think and Grow Rich

“The true value of man is not determined by his possession, supposed or real, of Truth, but rather by his sincere exertion to get to the Truth. It is not possession of Truth by which he extends his powers and in which his ever-growing perfectability is to be found. Possession makes one passive, indolent and proud. If God were to hold all Truth concealed in his right hand, and in his left only the steady and diligent drive for Truth, albeit with the proviso that I would always and forever err in the process, and to offer me the choice, I would with all humility take the left hand. ”
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“There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.”
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“No, our science is no illusion. But an illusion it would be to suppose that what science cannot give us we can get elsewhere.”
― The Future of an Illusion
― The Future of an Illusion

“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.”
― The Descent of Man
― The Descent of Man
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