"I did not oppose unification, I knew unification would have to come, but not in the form in which it did come. There were two ways of doing it and they took it the radical way, the forceful way."

-- Stefan Heym

#Two Quotes #Way Quotes #Form Quotes

“The image of the frontier is probably one of the oldest images of mankind, and it is not surprising that we should find it hard to get rid of.”
“The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.”
“One alters the past to form the future but there is a real significance to the pattern which finally appears, which resists all further change.”
“The only things that erased my lonliness were written works”
“Some favorite expressions of small children: "It's not my fault...They made me do it...I forgot." Some favorite expressions of adults: "It's not my job...No one told me...It couldn't be helped." True freedom begins and ends with personal accountability. -Dan Zadra It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.”
“We have already considered with disfavour the possibility of the universe having been planned by a biologist or an engineer; from the intrinsic evidence of his creation, the Great Architect of the Universe now begins to appear as a pure mathematician.”

Source : The Mysterious Universe ch. 5 (1930)
“Pluripotent cells have the ability to grow into any cell in the body.”
“It is not hateful to say that an immoral action is sinful. On the contrary, the most compassionate thing we can do is help people to turn away from sin. To ignore another person's wrongful actions is a sign of apathy or indifference, while fraternal correction is motivated by love for that person's well-being, as can be seen by the fact that our Lord Jesus himself urged such correction. Indeed, the call to repentance is at the heart of the Gospel, as Jesus proclaimed, "The Kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and believe the Good News" (Mark 1:15).”

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