"Daoist thought is the root of science and technology in China."

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Joseph Needham

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“The Saviour of mankind Himself, in whose blameless life malice could find no act to impeach, has been called in question for words spoken.”
“I may be loaded. I may be drunk. But I ain't stupid.”
“For both writer and reader, the novel is a lonely, physically inactive affair. Only the imagination races.”
“How do we bring glory to God? The Bibleâ€™s short answer is: by growing more and more like Jesus Christ.”
“My neck is too arthritic to snap around. The big shift in my perspective that happened in the writing process, however, was the paramount importance of the "West" epitomized by Cincinnati.”

Source : Interview with Bob Morris, bobmorris.biz. December 17, 2012.
“Worship the spirit of criticism.”
“What can be seen on earth points to neither the total absence nor the obvious presence of divinity, but to the presence of a hidden God. Everything bears this mark.”
“I was asked to be in Vogue but I said no. I didn't want to advertise make-up. I didn't want to be seen as a sex symbol.”

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