"When Kepler found his long-cherished belief did not agree with the most precise observation, he accepted the uncomfortable fact. He preferred the hard truth to his dearest illusions, that is the heart of science."

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Carl Sagan

#Heart Quotes #Science Quotes #Long Quotes

“I like to imagine that the world is one big machine. You know, machines never have any extra parts. They have the exact number and type of parts they need. So I figure if the entire world is a big machine, I have to be here for some reason. And that means you have to be here for some reason, too.”

Source : Brian Selznick (2015). “The Invention of Hugo Cabret”, p.375, Scholastic Inc.
“The dearest days in one's life are those that seem very far and very near at once.”

Source : Abraham Cahan (2013). “The Rise of David Levinsky”, p.8, Courier Corporation
“Before you came into my life, I believed that God had abandoned me. Now I know that He has blessed me beyond measure. -sir Bannor-”
“Soul Train' was developed as a radio show on television. It was the radio show that I always wanted and never had.”
“It moves one's heart to think: Nine months before I was born there was a woman who loved me deeply. She did not know what I was going to be like, but she loved me because she carried me in her womb. And when she gave me birth, she took me in her arms, because her love was not just beginning - she conceived it along with me. A mother loves - and that is why abortion is so abhorrent...”
“Forgiving is the ultimate source of peace, healing and inner happiness.”
“Nowadays, with history not being taught anymore in American public schools, self-esteem is taking its place.”
“Painting has been a smiling mistress to many, but she has been a cruel jilt to me; I did not abandon her, she abandoned me.”

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