"For the essence of science, I would suggest, is simply the refusal to believe on the basis of hope."

-- Barrington Moore, Jr.

#Believe Quotes #Science Quotes #Essence Quotes

“In Tantrism, the first thing is having the experience of touch, of profound contact with things, with the universe, without mental commotion. Everything begins there: touching the universe deeply. When you touch deeply, you no longer need to let go. That occurs naturally.”
“I feel this way about a lot of movies, that the characters are idealized versions of people. For better or worse, I am as fascinated with human flaws as anything.”
“Education is not simply to learn to read and write. It's emancipation. It makes you free.”
“In general, the Internet was not designed to accommodate deliberate failures to communicate.”
“I very much looked up to Janet Evans and Summer Sanders.”
“Your limitations create your sound.”
“I'll seek a four leaved shamrock in all thy fairy dells, And if I find the charmed leaves, oh, how I'll weave my spells!”

Source : Samuel Lover, “The Four-Leaved Shamrock”
“In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of dullness.”

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