"Shall it any longer be said that a science [geology], which unfolds such abundant evidence of the Being and Attributes of God, can reasonably be viewed in any other light than as the efficient Auxiliary and Handmaid of Religion?"

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Source : William Buckland (1836). “Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology”, p.593

William Buckland

#God Quotes #Light Quotes #Attributes Quotes

“No, I'm a man with a rule. People leave me alone, I leave them alone. If they don't, I don't.”
“There's a suspicion always about politicians. The suspicion level is really elevated and it just feels like people do not trust their institutions.”
“Revenge is so much more satisfying than regret.”

Source : Linda Grant (1995). “A Woman's Place”, Fawcett Books
“In the years ahead of me, I learned that the world is actually filled with people ready to tell you how likely something is, and what it means to be realistic. But what I have also learned is that no one, no one truly knows what is possible until they go and do it.”
“Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards.”

Source : 'The Inconstant' (1702) act 4, sc. 2
“My solitude doesnâ€™t depend on the presence or absence of people; on the contrary, I hate who steals my solitude without, in exchange, offering me true company.”
“Every solution breeds new problems.”

Source : Arthur Bloch (2003). “Murphy's Law: The 26th Anniversary Edition: The 26th Anniversary Edition”, p.8, Penguin
“In certain circumstances where he experiments in new types of conduct by cooperating with his equals, the child is already an adult. There is an adult in every child and a child in every adult. ... There exist in the child certain attitudes and beliefs which intellectual development will more and more tend to eliminate: there are others which will acquire more and more importance. The later are not derived from the former but are partly antagonistic to them.”

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