May 23rd, 2007

"When I asked myself how it happened that I in particular discovered the relativity theory, it seemed to lie in the following circumstance. The ordinary adult never bothers his head about the problems of space and time. These are things he has thought of as a child. But I developed so slowly that I began to wonder about space and time only when I was already grown up. Consequently, I probed more deeply into the problem than an ordinary child would have."
- Albert Einstein, quoted by Walter Issacson in 'Einstein: His Life and Universe' excerpted in TIME (April 16, 2007), 44

"The very scholars who taught their students to question authority are themselves disparaged by the same measure. No one knows what to believe as true anymore; and if anything is believed, the burden of justification has been removed."
- Ravi Zacharias (www.rzim.org) "The Education of Empty Minds"