"As a system of philosophy it is not like the Tower of Babel, so daring its high aim as to seek a shelter against God's anger; but it is like a pyramid poised on its apex."

-- Adam Sedgwick

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“It will be necessary for us Indians - Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Jews, Parsis and all others to whom India is their home - to recognize a common flag to live and die for.”
“People gave names to things so they could tell stories about them, goddam fairy tales about children who got out alive.”

Source : Sam Lipsyte (2013). “The Fun Parts: Stories”, p.51, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
“The information that is passed from person to person and from generation to generation is the primary factor that gives humans a competitive advantage over other animals.”
“It is only the belief and the confidence we have in a God why man is able to understand his own social institutions, and move and live like a rational human being.”
“The thought of all that happiness was hard to bear. What's the point of happiness when all it does is throw the facts of dying into clear relief?”
“In the U.S., we fundamentally need to do new things, which I think is harder for the government to do. And moreover, it is not something our government actually is inclined to particularly do.”
“Supposing I said there was a planet without schools or teachers, where study was unknown, and yet the inhabitants -- doing nothing but live and walk about -- came to know all things, to carry in their minds the whole of learning; would you not think I was romancing? Well, just this, which seems so fanciful as to be nothing but the invention of a fertile imagination, is a reality. It is the child's way of learning.”
“Muirfield without a wind is like a lady undressed. No challenge.”

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