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“Bold ideas, unjustified anticipations, and speculative thought, are our only means for interpreting nature: our only organon, our only instrument, for grasping her.”
― The Logic of Scientific Discovery
― The Logic of Scientific Discovery
“Character teaches above our wills. Men imagine that they communicate their virtue or vice only by overt actions, and do not see that virtue or vice emit a breath every moment.”
― Self-Reliance and Other Essays
― Self-Reliance and Other Essays
“The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie.”
― The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
― The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
“When you see something wrong, take the initiative to fix it. James Murphy, the founder and front man of LCD Soundsystem, said it well: “The best way to complain is to make things.” When you find yourself frustrated or critical, channel that energy into persistent creation. If it’s not your job, pursue it anyway.”
― The Messy Middle: Finding Your Way Through the Hardest and Most Crucial Part of Any Bold Venture
― The Messy Middle: Finding Your Way Through the Hardest and Most Crucial Part of Any Bold Venture
“In reality, the difference between Sparta and Athens, or between Savonarola and Lorenzo de’ Medici, had nothing to do with their genes; nor did the difference between the Easter Islanders and the imperial British. They were all people – universal explainers and constructors. But their ideas were different. Nor did landscape cause the Enlightenment.”
― The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World
― The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World
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