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“We can be skeptical -- demanding evidence before we believe in people -- but hopeful knowing they can change for the better”
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“The true painter must be able, before an infinite panorama, to limit himself to reproducing a single ant.”
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“Fear is a reaction; courage is a response.”
― The Art of Inner Peace: The Law of Attraction for Inner Peace
― The Art of Inner Peace: The Law of Attraction for Inner Peace
“Who scouts through wilderness and cold
And finds the stone that turns to gold,
The gems of Nature's wealth untold--
The Engineer.
Who gets five paltry plunks per day
To give the thing he finds away
To some one else who makes it pay--
The Engineer.
Who's heart is always in the game,
When trouble comes it's just the same,
But when it comes, who gets the blame?
The Engineer.
- Robert Elmer Horton (Water Power and Water Supply Preliminaries, 1913, Michigan Engineer)”
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And finds the stone that turns to gold,
The gems of Nature's wealth untold--
The Engineer.
Who gets five paltry plunks per day
To give the thing he finds away
To some one else who makes it pay--
The Engineer.
Who's heart is always in the game,
When trouble comes it's just the same,
But when it comes, who gets the blame?
The Engineer.
- Robert Elmer Horton (Water Power and Water Supply Preliminaries, 1913, Michigan Engineer)”
―
“Message to the Future (1959) - Bertrand Russel
“I should like to say two things, one intellectual and one moral. The intellectual thing I should want to say is this: When you are studying any matter, or considering any philosophy, ask yourself only what are the facts and what is the truth that the facts bear out. Never let yourself be diverted either by what you wish to believe, or by what you think would have beneficent social effects if it were believed. But look only, and solely, at what are the facts. That is the intellectual thing that I should wish to say.
The moral thing I should wish to say… I should say love is wise, hatred is foolish. In this world which is getting more closely and closely interconnected we have to learn to tolerate each other, we have to learn to put up with the fact that some people say things that we don’t like. We can only live together in that way and if we are to live together and not die together we must learn a kind of charity and a kind of tolerance which is absolutely vital to the continuation of human life on this planet.”
“The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.”
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“I should like to say two things, one intellectual and one moral. The intellectual thing I should want to say is this: When you are studying any matter, or considering any philosophy, ask yourself only what are the facts and what is the truth that the facts bear out. Never let yourself be diverted either by what you wish to believe, or by what you think would have beneficent social effects if it were believed. But look only, and solely, at what are the facts. That is the intellectual thing that I should wish to say.
The moral thing I should wish to say… I should say love is wise, hatred is foolish. In this world which is getting more closely and closely interconnected we have to learn to tolerate each other, we have to learn to put up with the fact that some people say things that we don’t like. We can only live together in that way and if we are to live together and not die together we must learn a kind of charity and a kind of tolerance which is absolutely vital to the continuation of human life on this planet.”
“The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.”
―
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