"Outside our consciousness there lies the cold and alien world of actual things. Between the two stretches the narrow borderland of the senses. No communication between the two worlds is possible excepting across the narrow strip. For a proper understanding of ourselves and of the world, it is of the highest importance that this borderland should be thoroughly explored."

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Source : Heinrich Hertz (1896). “Miscellaneous Papers”

Heinrich Hertz

#Lying Quotes #Communication Quotes #Two Quotes

“The share of Americans who say race relations are bad in this country is the highest it's been in decades, much of it amplified by shootings of African-Americans by police, as we've seen recently in Charlotte and Tulsa. Race has been a big issue in 2016 campaign.”

Source : The First 2016 Presidential Debate Between Trump, Clinton, www.washingtonpost.com. September 26, 2016.
“If you want to be miserable, think of yourself.Â If you want to be happy, think of others.”
“There are those who simply want to live their lives, and feel they cannot live the way they want to in Iran. Others are ideologically motivated: They will stay no matter what and try to change things.”
“The dumbing down of American is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30 second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance.”
“Appreciation is the currency of success.”
“Trouble makes us one with every human being in the world - and unless we touch others, we're out of touch with life.”
“How can we be trusted with big things if we're not trustworthy with things that are small? Don't allow your finer instincts to become a casualty of the little everyday crimes of ethical compromise.”
“Knowledge advances by steps, and not by leaps.”

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