"In every science certain things must be accepted as first principles if the subject matter is to be understood; and these first postulates rest upon faith."

-- Nicholas of Cusa

#Faith Quotes #Science Quotes #Understanding Quotes

“Everywhere I go, people come up to me on the street and ask me if thereâ€™s going to be another one!”
“A beam of God's countenance is enough to fill the heart of a believer to overflowing. It is enough to light up the pale cheek of a dying saint with seraphic brightness, and make the heart of the lone widow sing for joy.”
“The form of free verse is as binding and as liberating as the form of a rondeau.”
“If an event can be produced by a number n of different causes, the probabilities of the existence of these causes, given the event (prises de l'Ã©vÃ©nement), are to each other as the probabilities of the event, given the causes: and the probability of each cause is equal to the probability of the event, given that cause, divided by the sum of all the probabilities of the event, given each of the causes.”
“A group of psychologists say they have discovered twenty-three different body language indicators that show whether or not a person is lying. If you would like to see all twenty-three at the same time, they recommend taking a guided tour of the White House”
“Soon I learned that the worse the puns and jokes, the funnier they could be, if you knew how to deliver them.”
“He who laughs on Friday will weep on Sunday.”
“We are difficult. Human beings are difficult. Weâ€™re difficult to ourselves, weâ€™re difficult to each other.”

Source : "Geoffrey Hill, The Art of Poetry No. 80". Interview with Carl Phillips, www.theparisreview.org. Spring 2000.

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