Facts: Labels on Empty Bottles

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Facts apart from their relationships are like labels on empty bottles. – Sven Halla




You would be surprised how hard it often is to translate an action into thought. – Karl Kraus



The direction of the mind is more important than its progress. – Joseph Joubert



Deliberation. The act of examining one’s bread to determine which side it is buttered on. – Ambrose Bierce



In a million people there are a thousand thinkers, and in a thousand thinkers there is one self thinker. – Ludwig Borne



Hundreds can talk to one who can think; thousands can think to one who can see. – John Ruskin



What was once thought can never be unthought. – Friedrich Durrenmatt

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