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“Communism is a hateful thing, and a menace to peace and organized government.”
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“Suppose that the organism is given the problem of determining the analysis of a stimulus at a certain level of representation- e.g., the problem of determining which sequence of words a given utterance encodes. Since, in the general case, transducer outputs underdetermine perceptual analyses, we can think of the solution of such problems as involving processes of nondemonstrative inference. In particular, we can think of each input system as a computational mechanism which projects and confirms a certain class of hyputheses on the basis of a certain body of data.”
Source : "Wittgenstein, Mind, and Meaning". Book by Meredith Williams, 2002 edition.
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“I still believe in man in spite of man. I believe in language even though it has been wounded, deformed, and perverted by the enemies of mankind. And I continue to cling to words because it is up to us to transform them into instruments of comprehension rather than contempt. It is up to us to choose whether we wish to use them to curse or to heal, to wound or to console.”
Source : Elie Wiesel (2012). “Open Heart”, p.73, Schocken
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“It is a good rule never to look into the face of a man in the morning till you have looked into the face of God.”
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“Don't waste time looking for a better pencil: Â learn to write better.”
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“I am always watching for fear of getting feeble and passé in my work. I don't want to trickle out. I want to pour till the pail is empty, the last bit going out in a gush, not in drops.”
Source : Emily Carr (2009). “Hundreds and Thousands: The Journals of Emily Carr”, p.351, D & M Publishers
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“The thirst for knowledge is like a piece of ***** you know you shouldn't chase; in the end, you chase it just the same.”
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“He who claims to be sure of something for which there is no evidence is a fool, and he who acts on the basis of what cannot be proved is an imposter.”
