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If you want to have good ideas you must have many ideas. Most of them will be wrong, and what you have to learn is which ones to throw away.

— Linus Pauling

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Science cannot be stopped. Man will gather knowledge no matter what the consequences – and we cannot predict what they will be.

When an old and distinguished person speaks to you, listen to him carefully and with respect — but do not believe him. Never put your trust into anything but your own intellect.

Linus Pauling: Scientist and Peacemaker (2001)

I have always wanted to know as much as possible about the world.

Linus Pauling In His Own Words (1995)

We must not have a Nuclear war. We must begin to solve international disputes by the application of man's power of reason in a way that is worthy of the dignity of man.

As far as women are concerned, I am old-fashioned enough to like the idea of a woman's managing the household.

A Lifelong Quest for Peace (1992)

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

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Without education, we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.

G. K. Chesterton

There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind.

Confucius

Learning will be cast into the mire and trodden down under the hoofs of a swinish multitude.

Edmund Burke Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)

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