"One of the main reasons for the existence of philosophy is not that it enables you to find truth (it can never do that) but that it does provide you a refuge for definitions."

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Source : T. E. Hulme, Patrick McGuinness (2003). “Selected Writings”, p.77, Psychology Press

T. E. Hulme

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“If you're single, use this time now to make the biggest impact you can for God's Kingdom. Enjoy how God uses you as a single adult to show His love to others because you are in a unique place to minister to others where married adults could not!”
“Wisdom, Power and Goodness meet In the bounteous field of wheat.”

Source : Hannah Flagg Gould (1854). “Hymns and Other Poems for Children”, p.106
“The plain truth is that what holds a free state together is neither general will nor a common interest, but simply politics itself.”

Source : Bernard Crick (2013). “In Defence of Politics”, p.97, A&C Black
“Trust God where you cannot see Him. Do not try to penetrate the cloud He brings over you; rather look to the bow that is on it. The mystery is God's; the promise is yours.”
“The â€˜Great Societyâ€™ has not worked and itâ€™s put us into the modern welfare state. If you look at China, they donâ€™t have food stamps. If you look at China, theyâ€™re in a very different situation. They save for their own retirement securityâ€¦they donâ€™t have the modern welfare state and Chinaâ€™s growing. And so what I would do is look at the programs that LBJ gave us with the Great Society and theyâ€™d be gone.”
“Investment is a flighty bird which needs to be controlled.”
“Me, I have a science fiction writer's conviction that the damn robot is supposed to speak human, not the other way around.”
“Activism has been very productive in our society.”

Source : "U.S. Rep Hooted Off AIDS Stage" by Jordan Lite, www.wired.com. July 9, 2002.

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