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“The enchanting charms of this sublime science reveal only to those who have the courage to go deeply into it.”
Source : Letter to Sophie Germain, April 30, 1807.
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“Essentially I see the new atheism as largely part of the crisis of the left. Having failed to carry through its agenda in relation to political and economic life it's rounding on religion, ignoring the fact that, in some key respects, many believers are likely to share leftist aspirations.”
Source : "Towards hope". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com. July 18, 2014. 
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“If we cannot believe God when circumstances seem be against us, we do not believe Him at all.”
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“The first animals to be successfully domesticated were dogs, which were a big help because they would bark all night and fetch thrown sticks, thereby freeing humans from having to perform these tedious yet vital tasks.”
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“Different astronauts sleep in different ways.”
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“Freedom's untidy, and free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things.”
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“I'll try to be careful, but I know I'm not immune, cause I just can't imagine how I'd ever come to harm with this feeling that I'm feeling as I'm drowning in your arms.”
Source : Song: Dance With Me Slow, Album: You Hold the Key
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“Geology is part of that remarkable dynamic process of the human mind which is generally called science and to which man is driven by an inquisitive urge. By noticing relationships in the results of his observations, he attempts to order and to explain the infinite variety of phenomena that at first sight may appear to be chaotic. In the history of civilization this type of progressive scientist has been characterized by Prometheus stealing the heavenly fire, by Adam eating from the tree of knowledge, by the Faustian ache for wisdom.”
Source : "The Scientific Character of Geology". The Journal of Geology, Vol. 69, No. 4, p. 454, July 1961.
