"[For] men to whom nothing seems great but reason ... nature ... is a cosmos, so admirable, that to penetrate to its ways seems to them the only thing that makes life worth living. These are the men whom we see possessed by a passion to learn ... Those are the natural scientific men; and they are the only men that have any real success in scientific research."

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Source : Paul Bowles (1955). “The Spider's House”

Charles Sanders Peirce

#Life Quotes #Real Quotes #Passion Quotes

“The history of humanity is the history of human freedom...Freedom is not, as Engels thought, "the recognition of necessity." Freedom is the opposite of necessity. Freedom is necessity overcome. Progress is, in essence, the progress of human freedom. Yes, and after all, life itself is freedom. The evolution of life is the evolution of freedom.”
“Parents would rather have their son get all-state than his team win the state championship.”
“Buddhist meditation doen't necessarily mean sitting cross-legged with your eyes closed. Simply observing how your mind is responding to the sense world as you go about your business - walking, talking, shopping, whatever - can be a really perfect meditation and bring a perfect result.”
“We aren't really the victims. After all, we created the system ourselves and as long as we keep consuming, it will continue to exist. Ultimately, capitalism only mirrors human nature.”
“I think I'm drawn to characters with complexity or who are under duress in some way and have some conflict going on.”
“I met my wife in South Dakota.”
“When gratitude o'erflows the swelling heart, and breathes in free and uncorrupted praise for benefits received, propitious heaven takes such acknowledgment as fragrant incense, and doubles all its blessings.”

Source : George Lillo (1810). “Fatal curiosity, a tragedy. Marina, a play. Elmerick; or, Justice triumphant, a tragedy. Britannia and Batavia, a masque. Arden of Feversham, a tragedy”, p.126
“Alas, by the time Fate caught up with my life, Chance had it all planned.”

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