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one of the tests of a theory is that, once grasped, it appears self-evident.

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...the crimes of violence committed for selfish, personal motives are historically insignificant compared to those committed ad majorem gloriam Dei, out of…
There is only one prospect worse than being chained to an intolerable existence: The nightmare of a botched attempt to end it.
Space-ships and time machines are no escape from the human condition. Let Othello subject Desdemona to a lie-detector test; his jealousy will…
If the creator has a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely would have meant for us to stick it…
The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the proper moment, what we know.
In creating the human brain, evolution has wildly overshot the mark.
As modern physics started with the Newtonian revolution, so modern philosophy starts with what one might call the Cartesian Catastrophe. The catastrophe…
The real achievement in discoveries ... is seeing an analogy where no one saw one before. .. The essence of discovery is…
The evolution of the brain not only overshot the needs of prehistoric man, it is the only example of evolution providing a…
In the meantime, the educated public continues to believe that Darwin has provided all the relevant answers by the magic formula of…
When a chess player looks at the board, he does not see a static mosaic, a 'still life', but a magnetic field…
No writer or teacher or artist can escape the responsibility of influencing others whether he intends to or not, whether he is…

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We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the sermon on the mount. — Omar N. Bradley
The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. — Jacob Bronowski
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The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the cutting edge of the mind. — Diane Arbus
A large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life, by him who interests his heart in everything. — Laurence Sterne
When you have grasped a problem clearly, face it with resolution, for that is the way of the strong. — Khalil Gibran
If you have grasped the purpose of life there is no point in trying to make life into something it is not… — Zhuangzi
It is astonishing how many mental operations we can explain when we have once grasped the principles of association — William James
If we take care of the means, we are bound to reach the end sooner or later. When once we have grasped… — Mahatma Gandhi
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