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That the world is in a bad shape is undeniable, but there is not the faintest reason in history to suppose that…
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I do not pretend to be able to prove that there is no God. I equally cannot prove that Satan is a…
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If I were a medical man, I should prescribe a holiday to any patient who considered his work important.
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But if thought is to become the possession of many, not the privilege of the few, we must have done with fear.…
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This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the second chance were…
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One must expect a war between U.S.A. and U.S.S.R. which will begin with the total destruction of London. I think the war…
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Power is sweet; it is a drug, the desire for which increases with a habit.
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The desire to understand the world and the desire to reform it are the two great engines of progress, without which human…
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Life is just one cup of coffee after another, and don't look for anything else.
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Almost all education has a political motive: it aims at strengthening some group, national or religious or even social, in the competition…
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Drunkeness is temporary suicide: the happiness that it brings is merely negative, a momentary cessation of unhappiness.
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Either man will abolish war, or war will abolish man.
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Reforms to our complex and dysfunctional immigration system should not in any way favor those who came here illegally over the millions…
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I remember a hundred lovely lakes, and recall the fragrant breath of pine and fir and cedar and poplar trees. The trail…
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Since our complex societies are highly susceptible to interferences and accidents, they certainly offer ideal opportunities for a prompt disruption of normal…
— Jurgen Habermas
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The man of science, like the man of letters, is too apt to view mankind only in the abstract, selecting in his…
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In our complex world, there cannot be fruitful initiative without government, but unfortunately there can be government without initiative.
— Bertrand Russell
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Whenever the pressure of our complex city life thins my blood and numbs my brain, I seek relief in the trail; and…
— Hamlin Garland
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Human beings and plants have co-evolved for millions of years, so it makes perfect sense that our complex bodies would be adapted…
— Andrew Weil
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Basins of attraction, of self organization, show up as well in our complex social environment, in human organizations. Here again, while we…
— Kevin Kelly
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Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions it is governed by our complex mental state involving our beliefs and feelings.
— Kemmy Nola
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