"Mathematics is the abstract key which turns the lock of the physical universe."

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Source : John C. Polkinghorne (2010). “One World: The Interaction of Science and Theology”, p.55, Templeton Foundation Press

John Polkinghorne

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“I get a lot of parents coming up to me, telling me they are grooming their kids to be professional athletes. I'm really against that. I think it's a great life, and yeah, you can lead them in that direction. I think a lot of parents live their lives through the kids. Because they didn't make it, they want their kids to make it. It puts a lot of undue pressure on the kids.”
“I want to dominate the man's world.”
“I'm empathetic to a fault. I really do - embarrassingly enough - tear up when someone squishes a bug in front of me.”
“That man is best Who does his best And leaves the rest, Then-do not worry.”
“The burden of Karma is heavy. All alike have heavy debts to pay. Yet none, so the Wisdom teaches, is ever faced with more than he can bear. Whether or not we can grin, we must bear it, and it is folly to attempt to run away.”

Source : Christmas Humphreys (1983). “Karma and rebirth”, Routledge
“why, the only reason for religion is that it can make you, keep you safe. If religion weren't true, then there would be no salvation, no comfort for being alive and alone, there would be nothing but living and dying - no, that cannot be so ... of course religion is true and will save me ...”
“The mind is the reality. You are what you think.”

Source : Alfred Bester (1996). “The Demolished Man”, Vintage
“The music has to come from bluegrass first. We always said back in the 70s that if you want to play newgrass you have to go through the school of bluegrass. You know, maybe Jack Black can make a movie now called School of Bluegrass . That would be cool.”

Source : FaceBook post by Sam Bush from May 23, 2012

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