"Yet is it possible in terms of the motion of atoms to explain how men can invent an electric motor, or design and build a great cathedral? If such achievements represent anything more than the requirements of physical law, it means that science must investigate the additional controlling factors, whatever they may be, in order that the world of nature may be adequately understood. For a science which describes only the motions of inanimate things but fails to include the actions of living organisms cannot claim universality."

Source : "The Human Meaning of Science".

Arthur Compton

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“The artist must be like a heart surgeon. He must approach something with sympathy, but with a sort of coldness and work and work until he finds some kind of perfection in his work. You can't have blood splashing all over the place. Things must be done very cleanly.”

Source : Ernest J. Gaines, John Lowe (1995). “Conversations with Ernest Gaines”, p.21, Univ. Press of Mississippi
“Barack wants to stop all children from working on the farm... Can you imagine this? I just, I can't fathom that. Did you ever think we'd grow up in America and see something like that? Let me take it one step further. He wants to disallow the 4-H from training children to work on a farm.”

Source : "John Raese Alludes To Hitler, Claims Obama Wants To Kill 4-H Youth Programs" by Elise Foley, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 1, 2012.
“Never having failed, I could not picture what failure meant.”
“Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.”
“Our secret thoughts are rarely heard except in secret. No man knows what conscience is until he understands what solitude can teach him concerning it.”

Source : Joseph Cook (187?). “God and the Conscience: Love and Marriage”
“There are still things I want to do but they're not necessary for me to do. I'm not clinging to anything that I can't open my hands and let go.”
“I've been making music for a long time, since I was very young, but at the same time, I'm still exploring what works for me. I feel like I'm just starting out.”
“No one can get inner peace by pouncing on it.”

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