"If alpha [the fine-structure constant] were bigger than it really is, we should not be able to distinguish matter from ether [the vacuum, nothingness], and our task to disentangle the natural laws would be hopelessly difficult. The fact however that alpha has just its value 1/137 is certainly no chance but itself a law of nature. It is clear that the explanation of this number must be the central problem of natural philosophy."

-- Max Born

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“We now have many of the answers that once eluded Darwin, thanks to two developments that he could not have imagined: continental drift and molecular taxonomy.”

Source : Jerry A. Coyne (2009). “Why Evolution Is True”, p.106, Penguin
“It's getting darker and darker out there. We need to shine brighter and brighter.”

Source : "A conversation with Newsboys lead singer Michael Tait". Interview With Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.
“My trouble is I talk first and think later.”
“They say that oppression engenders hate. They are heard on all sides crying hate hate.”
“She learned the intricacy of loneliness: the horror of color, the roar of soundlessness and the menace of familiar objects lying still.”
“I still sing. I don't know if I'm going to sing on 'Glee' or 'New Normal.”
“In spiritual life, one must conduct one's whole life under the guidance of the guru. Only one who executes his spiritual life under the direction of the spiritual master can achieve the mercy of Krishna.”
“Many think they have a kind heart who have only weak nerves.”

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