Resilience, timing, adaptation - these are the three pillars upon which the emergent properties of interacting systems rest. When the systems are… — John L. Casti Copy Share Image
“Virginia Woolf wrote famously, “About December 1910 human nature changed.” Well, one doubts it. What did change, and has been changing all… — Deirdre McCloskey Copy Share Image
We have found that where science has progressed the farthest, the mind has but regained from nature that which the mind has… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
Today, reishi stands out as one the most valuable of all polypore mushrooms in nature for the benefit of our health. Many… — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
I was born in Karachi, where my father used to work in the sales department of a pharmaceutical company. The nature of… — Fawad Khan Copy Share Image
I'm sure that in the fullness of time we'll learn that one or more of these seemingly promising technologies were dead ends.… — Jay Inslee Copy Share Image
We should never, never be afraid or ashamed about dreams. The dreams won’t all come true; we won’t always make it; but… — Tommy Douglas Copy Share Image
I should like to raise the question whether the inevitable stunting of the sense of smell as a result of man's turning… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
“As far as he could discover, there were no signs of spring. The decay that covered the surface of the mottled ground… — Nathanael West Copy Share Image
The higher orders [of angels] are presumed to be closer in their nature to God and to function in roles that serve… — David Connolly Copy Share Image
To the scientist, nature is always and merely a 'phenomenon,' not in the sense of being defective in reality, but in the… — Robin G. Collingwood Copy Share Image
“Ignorance is of a peculiar nature: once dispelled, it is impossible to reestablish it. It is not originally a thing of itself,… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
I come from a documentary background and my natural tendency, as a filmmaker, is to make a movie, if I have something… — Jose Padilha Copy Share Image
Curiosity in children ... is but an appetite after knowledge and therefore ought to be encouraged in them, not only as a… — John Locke Copy Share Image
When you look at biology, look at the natural world, the roles of a male and a female in society, and other… — Erick Erickson Copy Share Image
“he learned the most important part of the language that all the world spoke—the language that everyone on earth was capable of… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“Calm in quietude is not real calm. When you can be calm in the midst of activity, this is the true state… — Huanchu Daoren Copy Share Image
“In most cases the name is unpoetical, although the fact is poetical. In the case of Smith, the name is so poetical… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“When Lear cries, ‘Is there any cause in nature that makes these hard hearts?’, we could reply, on one level, yes –… — Iain McGilchrist Copy Share Image
“Her Prince! He might not be the handsomest man on earth. Not even the richest one too but he would have the… — Awwthentic Copy Share Image
But is it not the fact that religion emanates from the nature, from the moral state of the individual? Is it not… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
“The earth isn’t spinning because you told it to do so. Your intestines aren’t digesting by your command. You’re made up of… — Michael Muhammad Knight Copy Share Image
“The industrial towns were far away, a smudge of smoke and misery hidden by the curve of the earth's surface. Down here… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“Let's examine the nature of the beast, so to speak. The male animal. Isn't there a fund, a pool, a reservoir of… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
Let there be freedom from perturbations with respect to the things which come from the external cause; and let there be justice… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“From the Earl of Hellgate's Memoirs, Chapter the Twenty-Sixth I realized then that I had mistaken the nature of love. Love has… — Eloisa James Copy Share Image
Here am I, send me; send me to the ends of the earth; send me to the rough, the savage lost of… — David Brainerd Copy Share Image
“And they all struggled and suffered and tormented one another and injured their souls, their eternal souls, for the attainment of benefits… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Nights with David the Physicist are upsetting,” she said. “And unconnected.” She sighed, took a drag, exhaled. “There is talking, about a… — Megan Crane Copy Share Image
The bright, frosty day declined as they walked and spoke together. The sun dipped in the river far behind them, and the… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“She was plain except when she laughed. She was someone on the subway. She wore loose skirts and plain shoes and was… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
“And man is the greatest killer, the greatest hunter of them all. The whole world of nature knows man for the irresistible… — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
“Some people are like gravity; they draw you into a room with a hop in your step and a smile on your… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
A murmuring, fateful, giant voice, out of the earth and sky, Voice of a mighty dying tree in the Redwood forest dense…… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
“For the rest of the earth’s organisms, existence is relatively uncomplicated. Their lives are about three things: survival, reproduction, death—and nothing else.… — Thomas Ligotti Copy Share Image
If a government resorts to inflation, that is, creates money in order to cover its budget deficits or expands credit in order… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
“This island of Earth of ours is finite in resources, including wilderness- particularly wilderness. The dwindling worldwide reservoir of wild lands must… — David Brower Copy Share Image
“Much like the kākāpō who waddles up a hill, digs a hole and bellows into it to attract a mate, billionaires may… — Natalie Kyriacou Copy Share Image
“What is beautiful reminds us of nature as such—of what lies beyond the human and the made—and thereby stimulates and deepens our… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
“At present, a good many men engaged in scientific pursuits, and who have signally failed in gaining recognition among their fellows, are… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
![“The higher orders [of angels] are presumed to be closer in their nature to God and to function in roles that serve God more directly than the lower orders, which tend to the administration of the physical universe and the service of humankind. Some orders are associated with particular divine…” quote by David Connolly](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/907/david-connolly-71979_administration_the-higher-orders-of-angels-are-presumed_1672614.jpg)
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