“Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.”
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“People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.”
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“Complaining does not work as a strategy. We all have finite time and energy. Any time we spend whining is unlikely to help us achieve our goals. And it won't make us happier.”
― The Last Lecture
― The Last Lecture
“Empirical science, empiricism, takes no account of the soul, no account of what constitutes and determines personal being.”
― The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
― The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
“The study of the galaxies reveals a universal order and beauty. It also shows us chaotic violence on a scale hitherto undreamed of. That we live in a universe which permits life is remarkable. That we live in one which destroys galaxies and stars and worlds is also remarkable. The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent to the concerns of such puny creatures as we.”
― Cosmos
― Cosmos
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