"Anxieties about ourselves endure. If our proper study is indeed the study of humankind, then it has seemed-and still seems-to many that the study is dangerous. Perhaps we shall find out that we were not what we took ourselves to be. But if the historical development of science has indeed sometimes pricked our vanity, it has not plunged us into an abyss of immorality. Arguably, it has liberated us from misconceptions, and thereby aided us in our moral progress."

Source : Philip Kitcher (1982). “Abusing Science: The Case Against Creationism”, p.202, MIT Press

Philip Kitcher

#Vanity Quotes #Anxiety Quotes #Historical Quotes

“All of us have a path to follow and the path begins on earth.”
“I think it's one of the scars in our culture that we have too high an opinion of ourselves. We align ourselves with the angels instead of the higher primates.”

Source : "The Company of Angela Carter". "Marxism Today" Magazine, January 1985.
“I went up on my toes to kiss him, and he groaned. "Do you really think this is appropriate on school grounds?" "Nope." I wrapped my arms around his neck. "And I happen to know there isn't an appropriate thought running through your head right now." "Or any other time." Tod pulled me close and held me so tight my ribs almost hut, but I didn't want him to let go. Ever.”

Source : Rachel Vincent (2014). “Soul Screamers: Volume 4”, p.75, Harlequin
“When you got a condition, it's bad to forget your medicine.”

Source : "Fictional character: Marv". "Sin City", 2005.
“Whatever we fix our thoughts upon or steadily focus our imagination upon, that is what we attract.”

Source : Dr. Robert C. Worstell, Dorothea Brande, Claude M. Bristol, Earl Nightingale, Napoleon Hill (2017). “Mindset StackingTM Inspirational Journal VolumeSS01”, p.62, Lulu.com
“Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it.”

Source : Twitter post from Dec 11, 2014
“I look completely like my mum. She's very foreign, very Jewish.”
“In the midst of the flurry - clarity. In the midst of the storm - calm. In the midst of divided interests - certainty. In the many roads - a certain choice.”

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