All science requires mathematics. [Editors' summary of Bacon's idea, not Bacon's wording.]

Knowledge of languages is the doorway to wisdom.

Cease to be ruled by dogmas and authorities; look at the world!

It is easier for a man to burn down his own house than to get rid of his prejudices.

The strongest arguments prove nothing so long as the conclusions are not verified by experience. Experimental science is the queen of sciences and the goal of all speculation.

To ask the proper question is half of knowing.

Argument is conclusive, but it does not remove doubt.

A man is crazy who writes a secret in any other way than one which will conceal it from the vulgar.

Mathematics is the gate and key to science.

A little learning is a dangerous thing but none at all is fatal.

The conquest of learning is achieved through the knowledge of languages.

If Jesus Christ were to come today, people would not even crucify him. They would ask him to dinner, and hear what he had to say, and make fun of it.

That's it. Love makes us all strong.

Winners recognize that even when they aren’t physically selling a product, they are always selling themselves. Every human interaction is an opportunity to connect—and then to sell.

Self-made men often worship their creator.

A healthy nation is as unconscious of its nationality as a healthy man of his bones. But if you break a person's nationality it will think of nothing else but getting it set again.

Street culture is punk, hip-hop, skateboarding, surfing, graffiti. It's like a massive global culture that is all tied together. But for so many years it was very geographic.

There's a lot more to life than how fat or thin you are.

Indian economy is suffering from policy paralysis and lack of optimism. I am confident that with right kind of decisions, we can once again generate hope and confidence and turnaround our economy.

Ah! The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can be analyzed, women...merely adored.

The great trick with a woman is to get rid of her while she think's she's rid of you.