"If there is something in nature you don't understand, odds are it makes sense in a deeper way that is beyond your understanding. So there is a logic to natural things that is much superior to our own. Just as there is a dichotomy in law: 'innocent until proven guilty' as opposed to 'guilty until proven innocent', let me express my rule as follows: what Mother Nature does is rigorous until proven otherwise; what humans and science do is flawed until proven otherwise."

-- Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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“The Lord's way is the only way for us to experience enduring happiness. His way brings sustained comfort to our souls and perennial peace to our homes.”
“Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for science intact.”
“Maybe I'm genetically more inclined to music - but the music I make is so far removed from Indian classical music. I grew up in Texas!”
“the truth of a poem is its form and its content, its music and its meaning are the same.”
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”

Source : Frederick Douglass (2014). “Frederick Douglass on Slavery and the Civil War: Selections from His Writings”, p.42, Courier Corporation
“The only thing useful banks have invented in 20 years is the ATM.”
“Starting out in a beginner class and really understanding the fundamentals of yoga is really important.”
“I think with acting, since I became an actor... I, as a person, have become more confident and I have really come out of my shell somewhat... and back to myself, you know.”

Source : "Skewed and Reviewed Talks with "New Moon" Volturi". sknr.net. November 12, 2009.

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