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Science is a system of statements based on direct experience, and controlled by experimental verification. Verification in science is not, however, of single statements but…
— Rudolf Carnap
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We regard as 'scientific' a method based on deep analysis of facts, theories, and views, presupposing unprejudiced, unfearing open discussion and conclusions. The complexity and…
— Andrei Sakharov
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All good intellects have repeated, since Bacon's time, that there can be no real knowledge but that which is based on observed facts. This is…
— Auguste Comte
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No one believes an hypothesis except its originator but everyone believes an experiment except the experimenter. Most people are ready to believe something based on…
— William Ian Beardmore Beveridge
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The United States is no more a Christian nation because most of its citizens are Christians than it is a 'white' nation because most of…
— John Stuart Mill
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Religion is based on dogma and belief, whereas science is based on doubt and questioning.
— Jerry A. Coyne
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Average people and the average community can change the world. You can do it just based on common sense, determination, persistence and patience.
— Lois Gibbs
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I strongly believe in the existence of God, based on intuition, observations, logic, and also scientific knowledge.
— Charles Hard Townes
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We must be open to our mistakes and grow. Growth isn't based on being perfect, but moving toward the best we can be by being…
— Tsem Tulku
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As soon as we notice that certain types of events 'like' to cluster together at certain times, we begin to understand the Chinese, whose theories…
— Marie-Louise von Franz
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Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.
— Baruch Spinoza
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People should not worry as much about what they do but rather about what they are. If they and their ways are good, then their…
— Meister Eckhart
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What I really believe is the only hopeful relation between our life and the whole of life is one of reverence and respect and of…
— W S Merwin
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A Christian should always remember that the value of his good works is not based on their number and excellence, but on the love of…
— John of the Cross
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A thought that's imbued with the power of emotion produces the feeling that brings it to life. When this happens, we've created an affirmation as…
— Gregg Braden
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They act as they please: here and there, they use force against sovereign states, building coalitions based on the principle 'If you are not with…
— Vladimir Putin
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Culture is the most potent method of adaptation that has emerged in the evolutionary history of the living world. - Theodosius Dobzhanksky...the 'facts' of culture…
— Jerry Sabloff
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The more one studies paleontology, the more certain one becomes that evolution is based upon faith alone; exactly the same sort of faith which is…
— Louis T. Moore
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Pythagoras based musical education in the first place on certain melodies and rhythm that exercised a healing, a purifying influence on the human actions and…
— Porphyry
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We must not descend to the level of those who perpetrated Tuesday's violence by targeting individuals based on their race, their religion, or their national…
— John Ashcroft
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