Linus Pauling on advice

Science cannot be stopped. Man will gather knowledge no matter what the consequences – and we cannot predict what they will be.

We must not have a Nuclear war. We must begin to solve international disputes by the application of man’s power of reason in a way that is worthy of the dignity of man.

I know also that still more interesting discoveries will be made that I have not the imagination to describe — and I am awaiting them, full of curiosity and enthusiasm.

Accept good advice gracefully⁠—as long as it doesn’t interfere with what you intended to do in the first place.

Gene Brown

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.

Oscar Wilde1854–1900An Ideal Husband (1895)

Never take anything for granted.

Benjamin Disraeli1804–1881Speech at Salthill (5 October 1864)