"It is strictly and philosophically true in Nature and reason that there is no such thing as chance or accident; it being evident that these words do not signify anything really existing, anything that is truly an agent or the cause of any event; but they signify merely men's ignorance of the real an immediate cause."

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Source : Joel Henry Hildebrand (1985). “Science in the Making”, Praeger Pub Text

Adam Clarke

#Real Quotes #Ignorance Quotes #Men Quotes

“The only problem with the "children of Reagan" line is it reminds you that Marco Rubio is the young candidate.”

Source : Source: www.nbcnews.com
“The thing you fail to grasp is that people are not basically good. We are basically selfish. We shove and clamour and cry for adoration, and beat down everyone else to get it. Life is a competition of prattling peacocks enraptured in inane mating rituals. But for all our effacing and self-importance, we are all slaves to what we fear most. You have so very much to learn. Here. Let me teach you.”
“I really believe in the environmental movement right now - it only takes a little effort to make a big difference.”
“The future is not inevitable. We can influence it, if we know what we want it to be.”

Source : Charles Handy (2012). “The Age Of Unreason”, p.7, Random House
“Books are like truth serum-- if you don't read, you can't figure out what's real.”

Source : Rodman Philbrick (2015). “Freak the Mighty”, p.16, Usborne Publishing Ltd
“Under examination by the camera, a human body becomes for its inhabitant a field of betrayal more than a ground of communication, and the camera's further power is manifested as it documents the individual's self-conscious efforts to control the body each time it is conscious of the camera's attention to it.”

Source : Stanley Cavell (2005). “Cities of Words: Pedagogical Letters on a Register of the Moral Life”, p.199, Harvard University Press
“The moment of Jesus' greatest glory was on the cross, dying as our substitute.”
“I'm holding out a little hope personally because I want to be back, but this injury could take a year to fully recover. The last thing I want to do is feel like I'm OK, come out early and be vulnerable to further injury.”

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