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It must be conceded that a theory has an important advantage if its basic concepts and fundamental hypotheses are 'close to experience,' and greater confidence… — Albert Einstein
We do not ask what hope of gain makes a little bird warble, since we know that it takes delight in singing because it is… — Johannes Kepler
But, indeed, the science of logic and the whole framework of philosophical thought men have kept since the days of Plato and Aristotle, has no… — George Herbert
Since Copernicus, man seems to have got himself on an inclined plane-now he is slipping faster and faster away from the center into-what? into nothingness?… — Friedrich Nietzsche
There is nothing which Nature so clearly reveals, and upon which science so strongly insists, as the universal reign of law, absolute, universal, invariable law...… — Joseph LeConte
How strange it would be if the final theory were to be discovered in our lifetimes! The discovery of the final laws of nature will… — Steven Weinberg
I have been scientifically studying the traits and dispositions of the "lower animals" (so-called,) and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I… — Mark Twain
Mr Hooke sent, in his next letter [to Sir Isaac Newton] the whole of his Hypothesis, scil that the gravitation was reciprocall to the square… — John Aubrey
Understanding a theory has, indeed, much in common with understanding a human personality. We may know or understand a man's system of dispositions pretty well;… — Karl Popper
[My father] advised me to sit every few months in my reading chair for an entire evening, close my eyes and try to think of… — Luis Walter Alvarez
War is thus divine in itself, since it is a law of the world. War is divine through its consequences of a supernatural nature which… — Joseph de Maistre
We may define "faith" as the firm belief in something for which there is no evidence. Where there is evidence, no one speaks of "faith."… — Bertrand Russell
Now it seems that everything in the world stems from sources other than God, since the products of nature have their source in nature; deliberate… — Thomas Aquinas
Since in order to speak, one must first listen, learn to speak by listening. — Unknown Author
I have spent much time in the study of the abstract sciences; but the paucity of persons with whom you can communicate on such subjects… — Blaise Pascal
Whence it follows that God is absolutely perfect, since perfection is nothing but magnitude of positive reality, in the strict sense, setting aside the limits… — Gottfried Leibniz
In a universe suddenly divested of illusion and lights, man feels an alien, a stranger. His exile is without remedy since he is deprived of… — Albert Camus
Naturally, since [the Sumerians] didn't know what caused the flood anymore than we do, they blamed the gods. (That's the advantage of religion. You're never… — Isaac Asimov
I was this young boy and I saw this man with his hands round my sister's neck, I was just standing there with her two… — Alexander McQueen
Since most of our fears are based on dark imaginings, it is vital for us to dwell on our magnificent obsessions and desired results -… — Denis Waitley

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