"To us investigators, the concept 'soul' is irrelevant and a matter for laughter. But matter is an abstraction of exactly the same kind, just as good and just as bad as it is. We know as much about the soul as we do of matter."

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Source : Ernst Mach (2014). “History and Root of the Principle of the Conservation of Energy”, p.48, Cambridge University Press

Ernst Mach

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“The most common commodity in this country is unrealized potential.”
“The Papacy was corrupt for whole centuries: especially from about 880 to 1050 and (with a short decent pontificate at rare intervals) 1290 to about 1660. No 'primacy' in any other organized religion has so disgraceful a record.”
“The joy of living is his who has the heart to demand it. Life is a great adventure, and I want to say to you, accept it in such a spirit.”
“Itâ€™s not the word made flesh we want in writing, in poetry and fiction, but the flesh made word”
“Cognitive therapy seeks to alleviate psychological stresses by correcting faulty conceptions and self-signals. By correcting erroneous beliefs we can lower excessive reactions.”

Source : "Cognitive Therapy of Depression". Book by Aaron T. Beck, 1978.
“I've made this statement many times: If I would have to do it over again, I would have made known the forthcoming Tet Offensive.”
“I was born in Mexico, I am from Mexico City.”

Source : "Paulina Rubio beauty without borders". Interview with AskMen, www.askmen.com.
“Not every work of art is or need be a heavily profound statement...”

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