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Nominally a great age of scientific inquiry, ours has become an age of superstition about the infallibility of science; of almost mystical faith in its… — Louis Kronenberger
Thus science strips off, one after the other, the more or less gross materialisations by which we endeavour to form an objective image of the… — James Clerk Maxwell
It is easy to obtain confirmations, or verifications, for nearly every theory-if we look for confirmations. Confirmations should count only if they are the result… — Karl Popper
I would proclaim that the vast majority of what [say, Scientific American] is true-yet my ability to defend such a claim is weaker than I… — Douglas Hofstadter
The proof given by Wright, that non-adaptive differentiation will occur in small populations owing to "drift," or the chance fixation of some new mutation or… — Julian Huxley
When asked whether he minded if someone smoked in a non-smoking compartment. Certainly not if you don't object if I'm sick. — Thomas Beecham
You cannot stop smoking directly because it has many related things, implications. You are tense, and if you stop smoking you will start something else… — Rajneesh
Non-doing has nothing to do with being indolent or passive. Quite the contrary. It takes great courage and energy to cultivate non-doing, both in stillness… — Jon Kabat-Zinn
One way to access the field is through the daily practice of silence, meditation, and non-judgment. Spending time in nature will also give you access… — Deepak Chopra
The alternative which I favor is to renounce all euphemisms and grasp the nettle of the word atheism itself, precisely because it is a taboo… — Richard Dawkins
Not only is science corrosive to religion, but religion is corrosive to science. It teaches people to be satisfied with trivial non-explanations and blinds them… — Richard Dawkins
All my life I have made it a rule never to permit a religious man or woman take for granted that his or her religious… — Chapman Cohen
When talking about unicorns, minotaurs, or compassionate conservatives, one does not normally have to prove their non-existence; the mere lack of any evidence is sufficient… — Peter Stone
Any judgment is past oriented, and existence is always herenow, life is always herenow. All judgments are coming from your past experiences, your education, your… — Rajneesh
The West is concentration of the mind: the East is meditation of the mind. The West is thinking: the East is non-thinking. The West is… — Rajneesh
Meditation is not doing something. But you cannot take a jump immediately into non-doing. So I suggest that you make your doing total. Move into… — Rajneesh
Mind is knowledge, meditation is non-knowledge. Mind knows, meditation experiences. Mind can only give you a certain acquaintance but not the taste. If you want… — Rajneesh
Courtesy towards opponents and eagerness to understand their view-point is the ABC of non-violence. — Mahatma Gandhi
The buttocks are the most aesthetically pleasing part of the body because they are non-functional. Although they conceal an essential orifice, these pointless globes are… — Kenneth Tynan
He who would be a man must therefore be a non-conformist. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you drink O'Douls, you don't drink; but if you drink 20 O'Douls in a half hour, then you're a non-alcoholic. — Mitch Hedberg
One's god dictates the kind of law one implements and also controls the application and development of that law over time. Given enough time, all… — George Washington
All political power, all power as such, is stupid. Don't rush after it, don't be ambitious, because all ambition collects dust and only dust. If… — Rajneesh
Contentment is the door to god. If one is contented, one has already arrived. And the meaning of contentment is absolute acceptance as you are.… — Rajneesh
And desires are never here and now - they are non-existential. They are just mental, in the mind. And they cannot be fulfilled because their… — Rajneesh

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