"Science is wisdom reduced to practice."

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Source : Phineas Parkhurst Quimby (2009). “The Complete Collected Works of Dr. Phineas Parkhurst Quimby (Hardcover Edition)”, p.281, Seed of Life Publishing

Phineas Quimby

#Wisdom Quotes #Practice Quotes

“It's really quite simple. Mr. Isinglass robbed my father, destroyed my mother, exiled my brothers, and ruined me. If I catch him asleep I'll kill him. I do hope you like this pudding. I had to ride quite a way to find the plums.”
“I longed to break out of the system and do different roles.”
“The best time to set up a new discipline is when the idea is strong.”
“Place is security, space is freedom.”
“'Tis now the summer of your youth: time has not cropped the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them.”
“I'm actually the daytime host of the Olympics on NBC.”
“Lights," I said softly. This had become my favorite word over the past week. In my mind, it had become synonymous with freedom.”
“Food-what is chosen from the possibilities available, how it is presented, how it is eaten, with whom and when, and how much time is allotted to cooking and eating it-is one of the means by which a society creates itself and acts out its aims and fantasies.”

Source : Margaret Visser (2010). “Much Depends on Dinner: The Extraordinary History and Mythology, Allure and Obsessions, Perils and Taboos of an Ordinary Mea”, p.12, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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