"I like the scientific spirit-the holding off,..." - Quote by Walt Whitman

“To the real artist in humanity, what are called bad manners are often the most picturesque and significant of all.”

“When he whom I love travels with me or sits a long while holding me by the hand, … Then I am charged with untold and untellable wisdom, I am silent, I require nothing further, I cannot answer the question of appearances or that of identity beyond the grave, But I walk or sit indifferent, I am satisfied, He ahold of my hand has completely satisfied me.”

“I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear.”

“Reason must approach nature with the view, indeed, of receiving information from it, not, however, in the character of a pupil, who listens to all that his master chooses to tell him, but in that of a judge, who compels the witnesses to reply to those questions which he himself thinks fit to propose. To this single idea must the revolution be ascribed, by which, after groping in the dark for so many centuries, natural science was at length conducted into the path of certain progress.”

“Honourable mention encourages science, and merit is fostered by praise.”

“Science will stagnate if it is made to serve practical goals.”

“Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open.”

“If we choose only to expose ourselves to opinions and viewpoints that are in line to our own, we become more polarized, more set in our own ways. It will only reinforce and deepen the political divides in our country. But if we choose to actively seek out information that challenges our assumptions and beliefs, perhaps we can begin to understand where the people who disagree with us are coming from.”

“Openness of mind strengthens the truth in us and removes the dross from it, if there is any.”