"A person's genetic endowment, a product of the evolution of the species, is said to explain part of the workings of his mind and his personal history the rest."

-- B. F. Skinner

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“That we ought to give ourselves up to GOD, with regard both to things temporal and spiritual, and seek our satisfaction only in the fulfilling of His will, whether He lead us by suffering or by consolation, for all would be equal to a soul truly resigned”
“.....Freedom brings opportunity. Opportunity makes your future.”
“Perhaps this is what really happens in life to most good men. They are not crucified. They simply pass through life and then die, and their passing influences just a few people to make them just a little happy.”

Source : Kenneth Rexroth, Bradford Morrow (1989). “More Classics Revisited”, p.102, New Directions Publishing
“You can't really hit or miss on one outing.”
“But that day I was anxious. I was nervous and worried, uneasy and distracted. I paced around and never felt settled. I didn't care for the sensation, yet I realized it was possibly a natural progression of my evolving soul, and therefore I tried my best to embrace it.”
“I do meet-and-greets at every show and meet a minimum of 20-35 fans at each.”
“Reading is such a personal thing to me. I'd much rather give someone a gift certificate to a bookstore, and let that person choose his or her own books.”
“Logic leaves us no choice. In that sense, math always involves both invention and discovery: we invent the concepts but discover their consequences. â€¦ in mathematics our freedom lies in the questions we ask â€“ and in how we pursue them â€“ but not in the answers awaiting us.”

Source : Steven Strogatz (2012). “The Joy of x: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity”, p.9, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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