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Facts are certainly the solid and true foundation of all sectors of nature study ... Reasoning must never find itself contradicting definite facts; but reasoning… — Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur
The investigation of causal relations between economic phenomena presents many problems of peculiar difficulty, and offers many opportunities for fallacious conclusions. Since the statistician can… — Udny Yule
You accept failure as a possible outcome of some of the experiments. If you don't get failures, you're not pushing hard enough on the objectives. — John Poindexter
We love those people who give with humility, or who accept with ease. — Freya Stark
The ghostly presence of virtual particles defies rational common sense and is nonintuitive for those unacquainted with physics. Religious belief in God, and Christian belief… — Antony Hewish
I am so grateful to God for giving me the gift of 48 years with my daughter. And I accept that He knew when it… — Cissy Houston
It should not be strange that the values cherished by all the three major religions are the same, since they originate from a common source.… — King Hussein I
How far should one accept the rules of the society in which one lives? To put it another way: at what point does conformity become… — Kenneth Tynan
History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
To keep from decaying, to be a winner, the athlete must accept pain - not only accept it, but look for it, live with it,… — George A. Sheehan
Danger lurks when we divide ourselves with expressions such as "my private life," "my professional life," or even "my best behavior." Living life in separate… — Russell M. Nelson
More and more people are becoming unable to accept traditional [religious] beliefs. If they think that, apart from these beliefs, there is no reason for… — Bertrand Russell
Our present educational systems are all paramilitary. Their aim is to produce servants or soldiers who obey without question and who accepts their training as… — John Fowles
To affirm life is to deepen, to make more inward, and to exalt the will-to-life. At the same time the man who has become a… — Albert Schweitzer
As so often happens in philosophy, clever people accept a false general principle on a priori grounds and then devote endless labour and ingenuity to… — C. D. Broad
As a sportsman, I accept being beaten. Everybody tries to be a winner, but only one in a race will win. It's fun to win.… — Kipchoge Keino
You can't become a winner overnight, or even in a couple of years-it takes time... You will lose races and you will have to accept… — Paula Radcliffe
Do you fast? Then feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, visit the sick, do not forget the imprisoned, have pity on the tortured,… — Saint John Chrysostom
When you come before spiritual master, be prepared to get chastised. Spiritual Master's business is to do that. Shisya means who is ready is accept… — Bhakti Charu Swami
It is dangerous for a spiritual master to accept almost any aspirant. Although it is an aspect of mercy, it is dangerous. The danger also… — Bhakti Tirtha Swami

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