"At the heart of science lies discovery which involves a change in worldview. Discovery in science is possible only in societies which accord their citizens the freedom to pursue the truth where it may lead and which therefore have respect for different paths to that truth."

-- John Charles Polanyi

#Truth Quotes #Lying Quotes #Heart Quotes

“It's just that I've learned that somebody's appearance doesn't always match what's going on inside him. You can't look at a guy's face and see his demons.”
“In the light of trust, as it develops slowly over time, you will find that you are a privileged child of the universe, entirely safe, entirely supported, entirely loved.”
“No Jew was ever fool enough to turn Christian unless he was a clever man.”
“Is she perverted like me? Would she go down on you in a theatre?”
“All my life I had lived on the presumption that there was no existence beyond... flesh, the moment of being alive... then nothing. I had searched in superstition... But there was nothing. Then I heard the sound of my own life leaving me. It was so... tender. I regretted that I had paid it no attention. Then I believed in the wisdom of what other men had found before me... I saw that those simple things might be true... I never wanted to believe in them because it was better to fight my own battle. You can believe in something without compromising the burden of your own existence.”
“All maps are distorted, they are not literal fact.”
“Failures lies concealed in every success in every failure.”
“If someone criticizes me, I strike back.”

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