Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.


Galileo

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

What lies before us and what lies behind us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.  

In times of change, the learners will inherit the Earth while the knowers will find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.

In mystical traditions, it is one's own readiness that makes experiences exoteric or esoteric.
The secret isn't that you're not being told.
The secret is that you're not able to hear.

The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.

Doctors prescribe medicine of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of which they know nothing.