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Science has so accustomed us to devising and accepting theories to account for the facts we observe, however fantastic, that our minds must begin their… — Gene Wolfe
Theoretical physicists accept the need for mathematical beauty as an act of faith... For example, the main reason why the theory of relativity is so… — Paul Dirac
One of the biggest roles of science fiction is to prepare people to accept the future without pain and to encourage a flexibility of the… — Arthur C. Clarke
The principal goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done-men… — Jean Piaget
Healing is the process of accepting all, then choosing best. — Neale Donald Walsch
There was no such thing as defeat if you didn't accept it. — Fay Weldon
Ecologically speaking, a spilt tanker load is like sticking a safety pin into an elephant's foot. The planet barely notices. After the Exxon Valdez accident… — Jeremy Clarkson
Meditation has made me happy, loving, and peaceful-but not every single moment of the day. I still have good times and bad, joy and sorrow.… — Sharon Salzberg
It may be very generous in one person to offer what it would be ungenerous in another to accept. — Samuel Richardson
The psychology of a language which, in one way or another, is imposed upon one because of factors beyond one's control, is very different from… — Edward Sapir
What harm would it do, if a man told a good strong lie for the sake of the good and for the Christian church? [...]… — Martin Luther
I think it is very beautiful for the poor to accept their lot, to share it with the passion of Christ. I think the world… — Mother Teresa
If faith is a valid tool of knowledge, then anything can be true 'by faith,' and therefore nothing is true. If the only reason you… — Dan Barker
You accept the historical Jesus? — Albert Einstein
I am aware that the conclusions arrived at in this work will be denounced by some as highly irreligious; but he who denounces them is… — Charles Darwin
For such is man: a Theological Dogma might be refuted to him a thousand times - provided however, that he had need of it, he… — Friedrich Nietzsche
... reason accepts no commandments. — Ayn Rand
Difficulties arise when reported observations seem to conflict with 'facts' that the majority of scientists accept as established and immutable. Scientists tend to reject conflicting… — Ian Stevenson
The first thing to realize in meditation is that there is no authority, that the mind must be completely free to examine, to observe, to… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
February 1997 - National Prayer Breakfast in Washington attended by the President and the First Lady. "What is taking place in America," she said, "is… — Mother Teresa

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