The less evidence we have for what we believe is certain, the more violently we defend beliefs against those who don't agree.

Neil Degrasse Tyson
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  1. One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too. - Friedrich Nietzsche

  2. You cannot connect with anyone except through reality. - Stefan Molyneux

  3. The world, viewed philosophically, remains a series of slave camps, where citizens — tax livestock — labor under the chains of illusion in the service of their masters. - Stefan Molyneux

  4. Truth has nothing to do with the conclusion, and everything to do with the methodology. - Stefan Molyneux

  5. We may not yet know the right way to go, but we should at least stop going in the wrong direction. - Stefan Molyneux

More Quotes By Neil Degrasse Tyson
  1. The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for things in life like love, meaning, motivation, it implies they are sitting behind a tree or under a rock. The most successful people in life recognize, that in life they...

  2. We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.

  3. The knowledge that the atoms that comprise life on earth - the atoms that make up the human body, are traceable to the crucibles that cooked light elements into heavy elements in their core under extreme temperatures and pressures. These stars- the high mass ones...

  4. For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.

  5. I know that the molecules in my body are traceable to phenomena in the cosmos. That makes me want to grab people on the street and say: ‘Have you HEARD THIS?

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