"Science has so accustomed us to devising and accepting theories to account for the facts we observe, however fantastic, that our minds must begin their manufacture before we are aware of it."

-- Gene Wolfe

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“Prayer is not a vain attempt to change God's will; it is a filial desire to learn God's will and to share it. Prayer is not a substitute for work: it is the secret spring and indispensable ally of all true work.”

Source : George Arthur Buttrick (1934). “The Christian Fact and Modern Doubt: A Preface to a Restatement of Christian Faith”
“Only a fool of a scientist would dismiss the evidence and reports Â in front of him and substitute his own beliefs in their place.”
“The only siblings I have are half-siblings. My nuclear family would have been an extra-suffocating threesome. Instead, I have an interesting brother and sister, in-laws, and darling nephews.”
“Not believing in something doesn't make it not exist.”
“Exercise for the joy of feeling good and getting better. Eat right with the intention of fueling your body with the things it needs to perform.”
“What the carburetor, sparkplug and self-starter are to an automobile, initiative, private enterprise and executive ability are to industry as a whole, including the wage earner, wage payer, wage spender and wage saver, i.e., the investor. If the sparkplug and self-starter get out of commission, the car will come to a standstill.”
“We played at a club called, the Elbow Room. Don Carlos, the nightclub owner, was very hip and a very important person who made a big impact on my life.”
“States organized for war will make war as surely as hens will lay eggs...”

Source : H.G. Wells (2015). “A Short History of the World”, p.308, Xist Publishing

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