"A science is any discipline in which the fool of this generation can go beyond the point reached by the genius of the last generation."

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Source : Max Gluckman (2012). “Politics, Law and Ritual in Tribal Society”, p.32, AldineTransaction

Max Gluckman

#Learning Quotes #Science Quotes #Discipline Quotes

“Consider: what could be more American than the principle that every person is to be held accountable for his or her crimes only? Could anything be more un-American than the Second Commandment's warning that "I Yahweh, thy God, am a jealous god, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation."? Not even the Common Law would have hung a man because his grandfather had stolen a horse!”
“You don't go around grieving all the time, but the grief is still there and always will be.”
“Great books give you a feeling that you miss all day, until you finally get to crawl back inside those pages again.”

Source : "The Help". Book by Kathryn Stockett, 2009.
“Success is achieved by people who deeply understand reality and know how to use it to get what they want. The converse is also true: idealists who are not well-grounded in reality create problems, not progress.”
“A rose to the living is more Than sumptuous wreaths to the dead.”

Source : Nixon Waterman (1919). “The Girl Wanted: A Book of Friendly Thoughts”
“Race should be seen in one way, and one way only: on your marks, get set, go!”
“Winning brought me a wonderful sense of completeness.”
“The way God teaches us to live by faith is He takes away our feelings.”

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