"Science is one thing, wisdom is another. Science is an edged tool, with which men play like children, and cut their own fingers. If you look at the results which science has brought in its train, you will find them to consist almost wholly in elements of mischief. See how much belongs to the word "Explosion" alone, of which the ancients knew nothing."

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Arthur Eddington

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“As long as a person is breathing, there is hope for them.”
“Why does the mind habitually deny or resist the Now? Because it cannot function and remain in control without time, which is past and future, so it perceives the timeless Now as threatening. Time and mind are in fact inseparable.”
“In terms of what is expressed, antinatalism is a strong presence, not always explicit, in what I write.”
“Red hair is great. It's rare, and therefore superior.”

Source : Augusten Burroughs (2011). “Possible Side Effects”, p.93, Atlantic Books Ltd
“We might not object to the statement that Lear deserved to suffer for his folly, selfishness and tyranny; but to assert that he deserved to suffer what he did suffer is to do violence not merely to language but to any healthy moral sense.”
“My boy, that was a TV show. I used a stunt double. I always use a stunt double. Except in love scenes. I insist on doing those myself.”
“I guess I love mischief as much as Amelia Bedelia. I simply enjoy laughing at life.”
“WHAT WE NEED IN AMERICA TODAY IS A VIGOROUS RETURN TO THE GOD OF OUR FATHERS AND A MOST VIGOROUS DEFENSE AGAINST THE MINION OF GODLESSNESS AND ATHEISM.”

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