Before the days of Kepler the heavens declared the — George Santayana
Before the days of Kepler the heavens declared the glory of the Lord.
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There is nothing impossible, therefore, in the existence of the supernatural; its existence seems to me decidedly probable; there is infinite room for it on every side.
The world is not respectable; it is mortal, tormented, confused, deluded forever; but it is shot through with beauty, with love, with glints of courage and laughter; and in these, the spirit blooms timidly, and strugg…
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Each religion, so dear to those whose life it sanctifies, and fulfilling so necessary a function in the society that has adopted it, necessarily contradicts every other religion, and probably contradicts itself.
Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory; children endow their parents with a vicarious immortality.
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Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
Mark Twain
You’ll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race. O’Flaherty V.C. (1919)
George Bernard Shaw
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
Immanuel Kant
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do day after tomorrow just as well.
Mark Twain