Hence Quotes
772 quotes by 523 authors
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Weep for me, whoever has charity, truth and justice! I did not come on this voyage for gain, honor or wealth, that is certain; for…
— Christopher Columbus
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An amino acid residue (other than glycine) has no symmetry elements. The general operation of conversion of one residue of a single chain into a…
— Linus Pauling
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A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so…
— John Updike
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People keep asking me what I think of it now that it's done. Hence my protest: The Web is not done!
— Tim Berners-Lee
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I do not value any view of the universe into which man and the institutions of man enter very largely and absorb much of the…
— Henry David Thoreau
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What is courage? This courage will not be the opposite of despair. We shall often be faced with despair, as indeed every sensitive person has…
— Rollo May
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After the birth of printing books became widespread. Hence everyone throughout Europe devoted himself to the study of literature... Every year, especially since 1563, the…
— Johannes Kepler
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A science is not mere knowledge, it is knowledge which has undergone a process of intellectual digestion. It is the grasp of many things brought…
— John Henry Newman
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If there be an order in which the human race has mastered its various kinds of knowledge, there will arise in every child an aptitude…
— Herbert Spencer
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Wonder [admiratio astonishment, marvel] is a kind of desire for knowledge. The situation arises when one sees an effect and does not know its cause,…
— Thomas Aquinas
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All interpretations made by a scientist are hypotheses, and all hypotheses are tentative. They must forever be tested and they must be revised if found…
— Ernst Mayr
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He would be guilty of mortal sin, because he exposes himself to the danger of grievously offending God. Hence, before he acts he must lay…
— Alphonsus Liguori
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At the moment I am occupied by an investigation with Kirchoff which does not allow us to sleep. Kirchoff has made a totally unexpected discovery,…
— Robert Bunsen
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...we are all inclined to ... direct our inquiry not by the matter itself, but by the views of our opponents; and, even when interrogating…
— Aristotle
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Evolution ... is opportunistic, hence unpredictable.
— Ernst Mayr
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In the fullness of time, educated people will believe there is no soul independent of the body, and hence no life after death.
— Francis Crick
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The problem with intelligent-design theory, is not that it is false but that it is not falsifiable. Not being susceptible to contradicting evidence, it is…
— George Will
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Go deep into meditation. And by meditation I mean awareness, watchfulness, witnessing. It is only through meditation that the inner light begins. Otherwise man lives…
— Rajneesh
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And you can put your total energy for the inner eye. The outside eyes are wasting eighty percent of energy - it is the major…
— Rajneesh
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Want compassion is not to be numbered among the general faults of mankind. The black ingredient which fouls our disposition is envy. Hence our eyes,…
— Henry Fielding
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