"I have argued that a religion or a philosophy cannot speak about facts of the world - if it does, it is now or will eventually be wrong - but it can and should speak about the relevance and ranking of facts and observations."

-- Erik Naggum

#Philosophy Quotes #Doe Quotes #World Quotes

“There are more microbes per person than the entire population of the world. Imagine that. Per person. This means that if the time scale is diminished in proportion to that of space it would be quite possible for the whole story of Greece and Rome to be played out between farts.”
“While non of us understands the Grand Design, we can commit to using all our experiences, good or bad, as the building blocks of a powerful and loving life. Then it is, indeed, all happening perfectly.”
“The promise of America is one immigration policy for all who seek to enter our shores, whether they come from Mexico, Haiti or Canada, there must be one set of rules for everybody. We cannot welcome those to come and then try and act as though any culture will not be respected or treated inferior. We cannot look at the Latino community and preach 'one language.' No one gave them an English test before they sent them to Iraq to fight for America.”

Source : 2004 Democratic National Convention Address, delivered 28 July 2004, Fleet Center, Boston
“A life that stood out as a gospel of self-forgetting service. He could have added fortune to fame but caring for neither he found happiness and honor in being helpful to the world. The centre of his world was the south where he was born in slavery some 79 years ago and where he did his work as a creative scientist.”
“Psychical confidence is the external expression of our internal state of confidence. In simpler terms, it is how confidence looks and sounds.”

Source : Sean Stephenson (2009). “Get Off Your "But": How to End Self-Sabotage and Stand Up for Yourself”, p.79, John Wiley and Sons
“God creates everything out of nothing. And everything which God is to use, he first reduces to nothing”
“Mathematics is pure language - the language of science. It is unique among languages in its ability to provide precise expression for every thought or concept that can be formulated in its terms.”
“Oh would I were dead now, Or up in my bed now, To cover my head now, And have a good cry!”

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