Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.
“Above 26,000 feet, moreover, the line between appropriate zeal and reckless summit fever becomes grievously thin. Thus the slopes of Everest are littered with corpses.”
― Into Thin Air
― Into Thin Air
“People who assure you that you can only gain security at the price of liberty usually want to deny you both.”
― On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
― On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
“A patriot has universal values, standards by which he judges his nation, always wishing it well—and wishing that it would do better.”
― On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
― On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
“The first rule of science, Captain, is to doubt appearances and to seek substances in their stead.”
― Washington Black
― Washington Black
“Myths are simply stories about truths we’ve forgotten.”
― The Sword of Summer
― The Sword of Summer
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