"A path is a prior interpretation of the best way to traverse a landscape."

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Rebecca Solnit

#Journey Quotes #Hiking Quotes #Landscape Quotes

“What sets science and the law apart from religion is that nothing is expected to be taken on faith. We're encouraged to ask whether the evidence actually supports what we're being told - or what we grew up believing - and we're allowed to ask whether we're hearing all the evidence or just some small prejudicial part of it. If our beliefs aren't supported by the evidence, then we're encouraged to alter our beliefs.”

Source : Gary Taubes (2010). “Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It”, p.16, Anchor
“Our selfishness is so robust and many-clutching that, well encouraged, it easily devours all sustenance away from our poor little scruples.”
“I'm sure that if Plato hadn't been against music with a strong sexual beat, Bloom would have kept quiet about rock-and-roll.”
“The god, it would appear, was frequently thought of as the physical progenitor or first father of his people.”
“For too long, our country's version of an energy policy has consisted of Americans waking up every day and wondering how much it will cost to drive to work, how much it will cost to keep their business running, how much it will cost to heat or cool their homes.”
“The best time to start promoting your book is three years before it comes out. Three years to build a reputation, build a permission asset, build a blog, build a following, build credibility and build the connections you'll need later.”
“The most perfect society is that whose purpose is the universal and supreme happiness.”
“I just want to be in good things that I want to see, and I want to work with talented people who are smarter than myself.”

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