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...our intellectual powers are rather geared to master static relations and that our powers to visualize processes evolving in time are relatively poorly developed. For… — Edsger Dijkstra
Composing computer programs to solve scientific problems is like writing poetry. You must choose every word with care and link it with the other words… — James Lovelock
Don't ask what it means, but rather how it is used. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
... as a slow-witted human being I have a very small head and I had better learn to live with it and to respect my… — Edsger Dijkstra
If people believe that they are marrying out of love and free choice rather than out of duty, they are more likely to decide, if… — Stephen L. Carter
We are coming to understand health not as the absence of disease, but rather as the process by which individuals maintain their sense of coherence… — Unknown Author
O Lord and Master of my life, take from me the spirit of sloth, meddling, lust of power, and idle talk. But give rather the… — Ephrem the Syrian
The fact that cognitive diversity matters does not mean that if you assemble a group of diverse but thoroughly uninformed people, their collective wisdom will… — James Surowiecki
To follow without halt, one aim; there is the secret of success. And success? What is it? I do not find it in the applause… — Anna Pavlova
We create an image of who we are inside our self. The image then becomes very deeply entrenched, and it becomes the thing that we… — Douglas Hofstadter
It is one of the greatest problems. It will appear very paradoxical, but this is true - before you can lose your ego, you must… — Rajneesh
The term "self" seems a suitable one for the unconscious substrate whose actual exponent in consciousness is the ego. The ego stands to the self… — Carl Jung
Some are born leaders, some achieve leadership, and some have leadership thrust upon them. Which of these are you, or would you rather not bother? — Unknown Author
Simplicity is not about making something without ornament, but rather about making something very complex, then slicing elements away, until you reveal the very essence. — Christoph Niemann
Often, the greatest challenge facing an organization is recognizing and acting on opportunity rather than solving a problem. — Unknown Author
This journey then, is nothing more, yet nothing less than a period of acclimating to a new way of seeing, a time of transition and… — Bernadette Roberts
If the Marines are abolished half the efficiency of the Navy will be destroyed. They are as necessary to the well being of a ship… — David Dixon Porter
My study of Gandhi convinced me that true pacifism is not nonresistance to evil, but nonviolent resistance to evil. Between the two positions, there is… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
We have come to see that just as the child must learn to love wisely, so he must learn to hate expeditiously, to turn destructive… — Karl A. Menninger
Oh, rather give me commentators plain, Who with no deep researches vex the brain; Who from the dark and doubtful love to run, And hold… — George Crabbe
The will and self are ultimately dynamic, they are their actions. This energy can be trained and directed, tuned like an orchestra. It is not… — Kenny Smith
It is quite gratifying to feel guilty if you haven't done anything wrong: how noble! Whereas it is rather hard and certainly depressing to admit… — Hannah Arendt
Let us be very sincere in our dealings with each other, and have the courage to accept each other as we are. Do not be… — Mother Teresa
We should not bear it with bad grace if the answer to our prayer is long delayed. Rather, let us, because of this, show great… — Saint John Chrysostom
Let no Christian therefore, whether philosopher or theologian, embrace eagerly and lightly whatever novelty happens to be thought up from day to day, but rather… — Pope Pius XII

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