Astronomy Quote by Stephen Webb

“Search has become the real-time mirror of our collective consciousness. It reflects not just what we think, but what we are about to become.”

— David Amerland

“Thanks to [language], human beings - and we alone - can truly enter and explore the feelings of others. What an extraordinary skill.”

— Naoki Higashida

“We are the creature of language, and through language we affirm ourselves, we find out about the world, including ourselves, through words, and we…

— Robert Coles

“. . the humanities encourage the development of our own humanity. They are our instruments of self-exploration.”

— Michael Dirda

“We all search for our meaning, and if we do not find meaning in who we are or what we do, we often search…

— Jim Ford

“post-human intelligence might be made by us ourselves.”

— Stefan Klein

“Humanity is an assemblage of information-processing entities, and in that regard you have potential.”

— Alastair Reynolds

“humans live in a world where it’s words and not deeds that have power, where the ultimate skill is mastery of language.”

— Muriel Barbery

“Our world is now so complex, our technology and science so powerful, and our problems so global and interconnected that we have come to…

— James Paul Gee

“We are unknown to ourselves, we men of knowledge--and with good reason. We have never sought ourselves--how could it happen that we should ever…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“More than ever, the human world needs to find ways to build love, understanding, and peace, individually and on a global scale.”

— Rick Hanson

“Humans have invented all kinds of symbols to communicate not only with other humans but more importantly with ourselves.”

— don Jose Ruiz