"We are graced with a godlike ability to transcend time and space in our minds but are chained to death."

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Source : Russell Shorto (2008). “Descartes' Bones: A Skeletal History of the Conflict between Faith and Reason”, p.151, Vintage

Russell Shorto

#Space Quotes #Mind Quotes #Ability Quotes

“It's all about the climate. I had a long discussion about it when I went to Scotland to see Andy Roxburgh. I worked with a Scottish youth side and had them do the same drills I would do in Italy. I realised that, between the wind, the rain and the cold, there was no way they could do it. How can you possibly teach anybody anything in those conditions? To me, it's pretty obvious and it explains why Brazilians are more technical than Europeans and, in Italy, the further south you go the more technical they are.”
“The night before the Nobel announcement every year, I've gone to bed feeling quite anxious. I was optimistic, and also I knew it might never happen.”
“Take the universe and grind it down to the finest powder and sieve it through the finest sieve and then show me one atom of justice, one molecule of mercy. and yet... and yet you act as if there is some ideal order in the world, as if there is some... some rightness in the universe by which it may be judged.”
“Remember that the secret of all learning is patience and that curiosity is not the same thing as a thirst for knowledge.”

Source : Iris Murdoch (1956). “The flight from the enchanter”, Viking Pr
“Use the Internet to get off the Internet!”

Source : "Dawn of the techlash" by Rachel Botsman, www.theguardian.com. February 10, 2018.
“Where the poison wind blows a deadly plague spreading negativity, viciously unto every city.”
“This [a surprise attack] is an operation by no means to be despised in war, although it is rare, and less brilliant than a great strategic combination which renders victory certain even before the battle is fought.”

Source : Antoine-Henri Jomini (2012). “The Art of War”, p.191, Courier Corporation
“Shining through tears, like April suns in showers, that labor to overcome the cloud that loads em.”

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