Ibn Khaldun

“The only people who accept slavery are the Negroes, owing to their low degree of humanity and proximity to the animal stage”. –Ibn Khaldun

Werner Heisenberg

“Natural science does not simply describe and explain nature; it is part of the interplay between nature and ourselves”. –Werner Heisenberg

William Whewell

“Man is the interpreter of nature, science the right interpretation”. –William Whewell

Pythagoras

“The most momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil”. –Pythagoras

Konrad Zuse

“The danger of computers becoming like humans is not as great as the danger of humans becoming like computers”. –Konrad Zuse

Paul Erdős

“Television is something the Russians invented to destroy American education”. –Paul Erdős

Giordano Bruno

“Perchance you who pronounce my sentence are in greater fear than I who receive it”. –Giordano Bruno

Albrecht Dürer

“But I shall let the little I have learnt go forth into the day in order that someone better than I may guess the truth, and in his work may prove and rebuke my error”. –Albrecht Dürer

Claude Debussy

“Works of art make rules; rules do not make works of art”. –Claude Debussy

John Arbuthnot

“All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies”. –John Arbuthnot

M.C. Escher

“We adore chaos because we love to produce order”. –M.C. Escher

Max Euwe

“Strategy requires thought, tactics require observation”. –Max Euwe

Edsger Dijkstra

“Perfecting oneself is as much unlearning as it is learning”. –Edsger Dijkstra

Chauncey Wright

“We receive the truths of science by compulsion. Nothing but ignorance is able to resist them”. –Chauncey Wright

Bertrand Russell

“War does not determine who is right – only who is left”. –Bertrand Russell