"Rather than being an interpreter, the scientist who embraces a new paradigm is like the man wearing inverting lenses."

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Source : Thomas S. Kuhn (1970). “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions”

Thomas Kuhn

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“Play is the answer to how anything new comes about.”
“Somewhere in the fear and chaos, there is a clarity that few will ever experience.”
“It's much better to become a Buddha than a Buddhist.”
“He would be guilty of mortal sin, because he exposes himself to the danger of grievously offending God. Hence, before he acts he must lay aside the doubt; and if he has not hitherto done so, he must confess it, at least, as it is before God. But the scrupulous, who have doubts about everything, must follow another rule: they must obey their confessor. When he tells them to conquer their doubts, and to act against scruples, they should obey with exactness; otherwise they will render themselves unable and unfit to perform any spiritual exercise.”
“It is heroic to prepare for war with a tyrant power. Patriots will always win the admiration of mankind for daring to meet the bloodshed of battle for their country's liberty. But the patriot who is willing to go to that sacrifice will be the first to condemn the aimless and secret shedding of blood in time of peace.”
“Art does not come from thinking but from responding.”

Source : Corita Kent, Jan Steward (2008). “Learning by Heart: Teachings to Free the Creative Spirit”, p.45, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
“House-training, I must tell you, is a formality that can elude young dachshunds for some time; this is particularly true in climates that affront their sensibilities with outrageous meteorological insults. Rain, for example, or a startling gust of wind.”
“My thinking is Lincolnian rather than Jeffersonian, Teddy Rooseveltian rather than Franklin D. Rooseveltian.”

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