"History, insofar as it accustoms human beings to comprehend the whole of the past and to hasten forward with its conclusions into the far future, conceals the boundaries of birth and death, which enclose the life of the human being so narrowly and oppressively, and with a kind of optical illusion, expands his short existence into endless space, leading the individual imperceptibly over into humanity."

-- Friedrich Schiller

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“I had the idea that it would be wonderful to be a physicist or a mathematician maybe 500 years ago around the time of Newton when there were really fundamental things just lying around to be discovered.”

Source : "David Chalmers on the Big Conundrum: Consciousness". Interview with Natasha Mitchel, www.abc.net.au. August 10, 2003.
“I haven't always done a good job, and I haven't always been successful - but I know that I have tried.”
“He's got to do better than the shoddy piecing together of flimsy evidence that contradicts the briefings we have received by various agencies, .. I'm not hearing the same things at the briefings that I'm hearing from the president's top officials.”
“The basic mistake people make is to think that happiness is the goal!”

Source : François Lelord (2010). “Hector and the Search for Happiness”, p.36, Gallic Books
“Once all come to know that by the concentration of the mind on one point, on one principle, on one desire, a power is radiated to that point with creative nature and demonstrative abilities, man will think more carefully, more constructively and more efficiently”
“Sometimes we want what we want even if we know itâ€™s going to kill us.”
“Chess is everything: art, science, and sport.”
“The holidays are also a time when people freak out about their finances. If you don't want to spend the money, why not try some of the other options instead of killing a bunch of animals?”

Source : "Fur: Get Me Not!". The PETA Interview, www.peta.org.

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