"A scientist lives with all reality. There is nothing better. To know reality is to accept it, and eventually to love it."

-- George Wald

#Knowledge Quotes #Reality Quotes #Scientist Quotes

“The surprise of an army is now next to an impossibility. ... Prearranged surprises are rare and difficult because in order to plan one it becomes necessary to have an accurate knowledge of the enemy's camp.”

Source : Antoine-Henri Jomini (2012). “The Art of War”, p.191, Courier Corporation
“I think the economy is the point of greatest uncertainty for most people.”

Source : Source: www.cbc.ca
“Living as a couple never means that each gets half. You must take turns at giving more than getting. Itâ€™s not the same as a bow to the other whether to dine out rather than in, or which one gets massaged that evening with oil of calendula; there are seasons in the life of a couple that function, I think, a little like a night watch. One stands guard, often for a long time, providing the serenity in which the other can work at something. Usually that something is sinewy and full of spines. One goes inside the dark place while the other one stays outside, holding up the moon.”
“Photography can strip from the world that spiritual dust and grime with which our eyes have covered it.”
“In the face of so many wounds that hurt us and could lead to a hardness of heart, we are called to dive into the sea of prayer, which is the sea of the boundless love of God, in order to experience his tenderness”
“Part of the maturity of the sciences is an appreciation of which questions are best left to other disciplinary approaches.”
“No one's ready for a thing, until they believe that they can acquire it. The state of mind must be belief and not mere hope or wish.”
“The Canadian spirit is cautious, observant and critical where the American is assertive.”

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