"Science should leave off making pronouncements: the river of knowledge has too often turned back on itself."

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Source : Sir James Hopwood Jeans (2017). “The Mysterious Universe [New Revised Edition]”, p.126, Pickle Partners Publishing

James Jeans

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“To be happy, it first takes being comfortable being in your own shoes. The rest can work up from there. The hardest situation to stay happy, I think, is when you're trying to find love, and yourself at the same time. It just doesn't seem to fit well. So I believe that happiness is being able to wake up and just know that this is what you wanted, and not what somebody else wanted.”
“I don't think we do a great job in America any more of distinguishing between campaigns and governance. We live in an environment that's all campaign all of the time and it's helpful, now that we've moved beyond a campaign and an election to get into a governance posture.”

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“This paper will serve instead of a confidential friend into whose ear I might pour forth the overflowings of my heart. It will not sympathize with my distresses, but then, it will not laugh at them, and, if I keep it close, it cannot tell again; so it is, perhaps, the best friend I could have for the purpose.”
“And I have been able to establish this sort of decent reputation as being a decent character actor.”
“Tell me why.â€ My voice shook. â€œTell me right now.”
“We are probably nearing the limit of all we can know about astronomy.”
“I soared above the song birds And never heard them sing I lived my life in winter And then you brought the spring”
“Being able to recognize which of your desires are vital to pursue and which ones are not is often less than easy. This is precisely why the ancient sages counseled that we practice yoga. Their point was a very practical one: You are best able to discern which of your many desires should (and should not) be responded to when your mind is calm and tranquil.”

Source : "Yoga and Your Soul’s Four Desires" by Rod Stryker, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 13, 2011.

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