"For hundreds of pages the closely-reasoned arguments unroll, axioms and theorems interlock. And what remains with us in the end? A general sense that the world can be expressed in closely-reasoned arguments, in interlocking axioms and theorems."

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Source : Michael Frayn (2009). “Constructions: Making Sense of Things”, Faber & Faber

Michael Frayn

#World Quotes #Pages Quotes #Argument Quotes

“I wanted to step forward and be on TV and for people to see who I really was.”
“When I look at the cross, I learn to say: 'The Son of God loved me, and gave Himself for me' (Galatians 2:20). I begin to believe with Paul that if God did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up to the cross for me, then He loves me so much He will always give me only what will bring me blessing (Romans 8:32).”
“The pen is the tongue of the soul; as are the thoughts engendered there, so will be the things written.”
“I love, therefore I am vulnerable.”

Source : Alan AtKisson (1999). “Believing Cassandra: An Optimist Looks at a Pessimist's World”, Chelsea Green Publishing Company
“If we had nothing but pecuniary rewards and worldly honours to look to, our profession would not be one to be desired. But in its practice you will find it to be attended with peculiar privileges, second to none in intense interest and pure pleasures. It is our proud ofﬁce to tend the fleshly tabernacle of the immortal spirit, and our path, rightly followed, will be guided by unfettered truth and love unfeigned. In the pursuit of this noble and holy calling I wish you all God-speed.”
“Children cannot bounce off the walls if we take away the walls.”
“To show a well-founded fear of persecution, an alien need not prove that it is more likely than not that he or she will be persecuted in his or her home country.”
“If I did not believe in God, I should still want my doctor, my lawyer and my banker to do so.”

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