Gabriel Nita

“The development of objective thinking by the Greeks appears to have required a number of specific cultural factors. First was the assembly, where men first learned to persuade one another by means of rational debate. Second was a maritime economy that prevented isolation and parochialism. Third was the existence of a widespread Greek-speaking world around which travelers and scholars could wander. Fourth was the existence of an independent merchant class that could hire its own teachers. Fifth was the Iliad and the Odyssey, literary masterpieces that are themselves the epitome of liberal rational thinking. Sixth was a literary religion not dominated by priests. And seventh was the persistence of these factors for 1,000 years.”
― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

“He made some tea and began to sip it along with the soup. The drink comforted him, not so much because of its flavor, but because its heat reminded him of the warmth he always felt from Natasha’s smile.”
― Antonio Garrido, The Last Paradise

“We love to judge others. We love to categorise. We love to divide. We are the good guys, they are the bad guys. We the hero, they the demon. Why? Because it fits the model. It bolsters the ego. It makes us happy. It has even been demonstrated that depressed people, with their dysfunctionally gloomy predictions about themselves and the world, are more accurate in their outlook than the mentally ‘healthy’. The world, and your life within it, is far bleaker than you have been led to believe.”
― Will Storr, The Heretics: Adventures with the Enemies of Science

“Banalitatea e glasul mare al generaţiilor trecute, pe când paradoxul e numai vocea piţigăiată a unui ins care vrea să facă impresie. Omenirea ştie de mult acest lucru.”
― George Topîrceanu, Minunile Sfântului Sisoe