"It is the function of a liberal university not to give right answers, but to ask right questions."

-- Cynthia Ozick

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“What is saved in the cinema when it achieves art is a spontaneous continuity with all mankind.”
“The physicist may be satisfied when he has the mathematical scheme and knows how to use for the interpretation of the experiments. But he has to speak about his results also to non-physicists who will not be satisfied unless some explanation is given in plain language. Even for the physicist the description in plain language will be the criterion of the degree of understanding that has been reached. Physics and Philosophy”
“It's a bad religion to be in love with someone who could never love you.”
“The letters of famous people can be placed into two categories: there is the type of letter which becomes itself a valuable contribution to literature through its wit, style or wisdom; another kind is that whose main importance lies in the provision of a background to their author's life. Especially in the correspondence of great writers and poets, these two factors are very often combined ...”
“Bob Dylan is great. Ive been compared to him a lot. I think when people see a person on stage with a guitar they just think, Bob Dylan!”
“You start developing a championship attitude by, first of all, telling kids that they are really good and that they have the potential to become better.”
“This seems to me a philosophical question, and therefore irrelevant, question. A poet's destiny is to love.”
“The power of thought is the light of knowledge, the power of will is the energy of character, the power of heart is love. Reason, love and power of will are perfections of man.”

Source : Ludwig Feuerbach (1972). “The Fiery Brook: Selected Writings of Ludwig Feuerbach”, Anchor

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