"He was a physicist, more precisely an astrophysicist,……" — Primo Levi

"He was a physicist, more precisely an astrophysicist, diligent and eager but without illusions: the Truth lay beyond, inaccessible to our telescopes, accessible to the initiates. This was a long road which he was traveling with effort, wonderment, and profound joy. Physics was prose: elegant gymnastics for the mind, mirror of Creation, the key to man's dominion over the planet; but what is the stature of Creation, of man and the planet? His road was long and he had barely started up it, but I was his disciple: did I want to follow him?"

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I think sometimes - not always - I write songs that are accessible. — David Byrne
Heroism is accessible. Happiness is more difficult. — Albert Camus
Accessible local libraries are vital to communities and to children. — Nick Cave
Let us hope that the advent of a successful flying machine, now only dimly foreseen and nevertheless thought to be… — Octave Chanute
What we call reality is a subset of accessible spaces. — Luis Villalobos
Ground which can be freely traversed by both sides is called accessible. — Sun Tzu
We may distinguish six kinds of terrain, to wit: (1) Accessible ground; (2) entangling ground; (3) temporising ground; (4) narrow… — Sun Tzu

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