"Let one persuade many, and he becomes confirmed and convinced, and cares for no better evidence."

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Source : Chauncey Wright (2000). “The Evolutionary Philosophy of Chauncey Wright”, p.141, A&C Black

Chauncey Wright

#Care Quotes #Evidence Quotes

“It was one of those winter days that suddenly dream of spring, when the sky is blue and soft and clear, and the wind has dropped its voice and whispers instead of screaming, and the sun is out and the trees look surprised, and over everything there is the faintest, palest tint of green.”
“ISIS has brought down a Russian airliner. ISIS has now attacked a western democracy in - in France. And we do have a role in this. Not solely ours, but we must work collaboratively with other nations.”
“If, by chance, someone among those men of extraordinary talent is found who has firmness of soul and who refuses to yield to the genius of his age and to debase himself with childish works, woe unto him! He will die in poverty and oblivion.”
“When life feels like a yoyo, no matter the ups or the downs know that you'll always end up in the hands of Almighty God.”

Source : FaceBook post by Victoria Osteen from Aug 15, 2011
“I hope to encourage people to take flight on their mats, in their lives, and in their hearts.”
“My name became known because I was, one might say accidentally the target of state repression and because so many people throughout the country and other parts of the world organized around the demand for my freedom.”
“Mozart died too late rather than too soon.”
“To take the choice of another ... to forget their concrete reality, to abstract them, to forget that you are a node in a matrix, that actions have consequences. We must not take the choice of another being. What is community but a means to ... for all we individuals to have ... our choices.”

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