"The kind of knowledge which is supported only by observations and is not yet proved must be carefully distinguished from the truth; it is gained by induction, as we usually say. Yet we have seen cases in which mere induction led to error. Therefore, we should take great care not to accept as true such properties of the numbers which we have discovered by observation and which are supported by induction alone. Indeed, we should use such a discovery as an opportunity to investigate more exactly the properties discovered and to prove or disprove them; in both cases we may learn something useful."

Source : Opera Omnia, Series 1, Volume 2, 1913.

Leonhard Euler

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“Don't exaggerate. Just give your natural bitchy selves full rein”
“Now I will tell you the answer to my question. It is this. The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power, pure power.”
“I won't be happy until we have every boy in America between the ages of six and sixteen wearing a glove and swinging a bat.”
“If the Christ we follow sent out his disciples with no extra possessions (Luke 9:1-6 and 10:1-12) and warned would-be devotees that he had nowhere to lay his head (see Luke 9:57-62), then we must recognize that it is extremely difficult to live in a Christian way in a consumer culture.”

Source : Marva J. Dawn (1999). “A Royal Waste of Time: The Splendor of Worshiping God and Being Church for the World”, p.88, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
“The edge of the conflict swayed to and fro, with wild whirlpools and eddies. At times I saw around me more of the enemy than of my own men; gaps opening, swallowing, closing again with sharp convulsive energy. All around, a strange, mingled roar.”
“having people talk about you is an indication of how much more exciting your life is than theirs.”

Source : Jan Burke (2002). “Sweet Dreams, Irene: An Irene Kelly Novel”, p.116, Simon and Schuster
“I can do things at 45, not because I can do a bunch of pull-ups, it's because I do Yoga!”
“I think there's something important in going against the grain, and perhaps finding value in things that aren't necessarily institutionally recognized.”

Source : Interview with M.I.A., www.interviewmagazine.com. November 19, 2008.

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