"The real essence, the internal qualities, and constitution of even the meanest object, is hid from our view; something there is inevery drop of water, every grain of sand, which it is beyond the power of human understanding to fathom or comprehend. But it is evidentthat we are influenced by false principles to that degree as to mistrust our senses, and think we know nothing of those things which we perfectly comprehend."

-- George Berkeley

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“I believe in logic, the sequence of cause and effect, and in science its only begotten son our law, which was conceived by the ancient Greeks, thrived under Isaac Newton, suffered under Albert Einstein... That fragment of a 'creed for materialism' which a friend in college had once shown him rose through Donald's confused mind.”
“Literature is a beautiful way of keeping the imagination alive, of visiting worlds you would never have time to in your day-to-day life. It keeps you abreast of a wider spectrum of human activities.”
“A Mother who radiates self-love and self-acceptance actually VACCINATES her daughter against low self-esteem.”
“I had, of course, no model for that sort of woman being married, but I can make that up as I go along.”
“I'm not really capable of memorizing stuff without moving around, that's how I do it.”
“When God invented man, he wanted him to look like me,”
“We're going to keep trying to strengthen the American family. To make them more like The Waltons and less like The Simpsons.”
“There are no more geniuses, only critics.”

Source : Arnold Schoenberg, Leonard Stein (1975). “Style and Idea: Selected Writings of Arnold Schoenberg”, p.203, Univ of California Press

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