"The Earth is cylindrical, three times as wide as it is deep, and only the upper part is inhabited. But this Earth is isolated in space, and the sky is a complete sphere in the center of which is located, unsupported, our cylinder, the Earth, situated at an equal distance from all the points of the sky."

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Source : "Science Attests the Accuracy of the Bible". The Watchtower, October 1, 1980.

Anaximander

#Distance Quotes #Sky Quotes #Space Quotes

“The Goddess doesn't enter us from outside; she emerges from deep within. She is not held back by what happened in the past. She is conceived in consciousness, born in love, and nurtured by higher thinking. She is integrity and value, created and sustained by the hard work of personal growth and the discipline of a life lived actively in hope.”
“Any man who is a man may not, in honor, submit to threats or violence. But many men who are not cowards are simply unprepared for the fact of human savagery.”
“Hard work is not punishment. Hard work is the price of admission for the opportunity to reach sustained excellence”
“Speaking of the motto of the New York Times, "All the news that's fit to print:" It is hard to think of any group of seven words that have aroused more newspaper controversy.”
“Nobody's life is wrapped up neatly in a bow.”
“When a man works by faith, he works by mental exertion instead of by physical force.”
“So it's been kind of a long road, but it was a good journey altogether.”
“I would say, stay the hell away from the party scene. Anything you put in front of your goal, and especially something like that, whether it's too much gambling, too much food, too much cold beers on the weekend - anything that you put in front of the prize is going to end up getting in the way and hurting you in the end.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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