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“The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.”
― The Hound of the Baskervilles
― The Hound of the Baskervilles
“There are crimes of passion and crimes of logic. The boundary between them is not clearly defined.”
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“We (Easterners) are not like the Franks, who barter everything, even their most sacred feelings, even love.”
― Oriental Encounters: Palestine and Syria, 1894-6
― Oriental Encounters: Palestine and Syria, 1894-6
“But in just the past hundred years or so, we have turned the tables and taken control of biology. Smallpox, a virus that killed as many as 300 million people in the first part of the twentieth century (far more than in all wars combined) has not merely been tamed but has been eradicated from the planet.”
― The Serengeti Rules: The Quest to Discover How Life Works and Why It Matters - With a new Q&A with the author
― The Serengeti Rules: The Quest to Discover How Life Works and Why It Matters - With a new Q&A with the author
“Atheism, true 'existential' atheism burning with hatred of a seemingly unjust or unmerciful God, is a spiritual state; it is a real attempt to grapple with the true God.… Nietzsche, in calling himself Antichrist, proved thereby his intense hunger for Christ.”
― Nihilism: The Root of the Revolution of the Modern Age
― Nihilism: The Root of the Revolution of the Modern Age
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