"The order of ... successive generations is indeed much more clearly proved than many a legend which has assumed the character of history in the hands of man; for the geological record is the work of God."

-- Roderick Murchison

#Character Quotes #Science Quotes #Men Quotes

“Success has to do with deliberate practice. Practice must be focused, determined, and in an environment where there's feedback.”
“Political correctness is a war on noticing.”

Source : "World War T" by Steve Sailer, takimag.com. January 22, 2014.
“To give oneself is the only way of becoming oneself.”
“Clearly, there are a thousand and one scenarios for how someone can slip through the cracks. I'll walk down the street and see a homeless person, and I'll want to stop them and say, How did this happen? Where's your mother? Are you physically ill? Mentally ill?”
“Attachment to spiritual things is... just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.”
“Most of us have developed a fairly extensive vocabulary for describing pain, as though the journal were a doctor requiring much detail to make the correct diagnosis. The roundness of the spiritual journey cannot be expressed without developing an equally extensive vocabulary for talking to ourselves and others about the nature of wonder, joy, ecstasy, love, transfiguration.”
“Never waste a crisis.”
“To avoid a future of war, crime, and bankruptcy, the individual must begin to plan his own destiny, and the best source for the necessary information comes down to us through the writings of the ancients. The greatest knowledge of all time should be available ... in a book that would be a monument, not merely a coffin.”

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