"It is certain that the only hope of retroductive reasoning ever reaching the truth is that there may be some natural tendency toward an agreement between the ideas which suggest themselves to the human mind and those which are concerned in the laws of nature."

-- Charles Sanders Peirce

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“In India nearly everybody spoke metaphorically except the English who spoke bluntly and could make their most transparent lies look honest as a consequence; whereas any truth contained in these metaphorical rigmaroles was so deviously presented that it looked devious itself.”

Source : Paul Scott (2011). “The Raj Quartet, Volume 2: The Day of the Scorpion”, p.102, University of Chicago Press
“Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.”
“I never regret my past... Only time I wasted was on the wrong people.”
“I'm a bit of a tech geek myself.”
“I am slow. A sentence often takes an hour to compose before I throw it out. What can you do?”

Source : "Book news and notes, June 12". www.sfgate.com. June 12, 2011.
“If you're sincerely seeking God, God will make His existence evident to you.”

Source : William Lane Craig, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong (2003). “God?: A Debate between a Christian and an Atheist”, p.28, Oxford University Press
“I come at a subject from a profoundly photographic level. I am not interested in pictures that ultimately don't work as pictures.”
“Everybody gets inspired. We all have these moments. It just depends on whether you've got the ability to seize it.”

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