"In science, a healthy skepticism is a professional necessity, whereas in religion, having belief without evidence is regarded as a virtue."

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Source : "Taking Science on Faith" by Paul Davies, www.nytimes.com. November 24, 2007.

Paul Davies

#Healthy Quotes #Belief Quotes #Virtue Quotes

“Bodies have their own light which they consume to live: they burn, they are not lit from the outside.”

Source : Erwin Mitsch, Egon Schiele (1988). “The art of Egon Schiele”
“But she knows she has a curse on her, a curse she cannot win. For if someone gets too close to her, the pins stick further in.”
“I cannot but be astonished that Sarsi should persist in trying to prove by means of witnesses something that I may see for myself at any time by means of experiment. Witnesses are examined in doutbful matters which are past and transient, not in those which are actual and present. A judge must seek by means of witnesses to determine whether Peter injured John last night, but not whether John was injured, since the judge can see that for himself.”
“I was nauseous and tingly all over. I was either in love or I had smallpox.”
“I've been singing since I was two. Music was my first passion and I love writing, singing, creating and being creative.”
“Collective freedom is one devoid of material bondage and one that supports the institutions necessary for democracy.”
“You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.”
“His ignorance is encyclopedic.”

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