"Chaos is but unperceived order; it is a word indicating the limitations of the human mind and the paucity of observational facts. The words â€˜chaos,â€™ â€˜accidental,â€™ â€˜chance,â€™ â€˜unpredictable,â€™ are conveniences behind which we hide our ignorance."

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Source : HARLOW SHAPLEY (1958). “OF STARS AND MEN”

Harlow Shapley

#Ignorance Quotes #Order Quotes #Mind Quotes

“I'm so glad to be grouped with the men you've seen in rotten shape. My hope is that someday I will reach the pinnacle of that appalling list.”
“As long as you can change paint, you don't change. For you to change - for paint to do something to you - paint must stay constant.”
“Old age is the lubricant of belief. When death knocks at the door, skepticism flies out the window. A serious cardiovascular fright and a person will even believe in Little Red Riding Hood.”
“I was brought up by two people who just said, Whatever it is you're interested in, go do it. There is no winning or losing. You find out when you do it what the experience is.”
“Few things interest me more than the things people don't say.”
“The man who melts With social sympathy, though not allied, Is more worth than a thousand kinsmen.”
“I'm very old fashioned. I still believe in the image and the pictorial quality of the image. It seems that I'm still busy with a truth in photography.”
“In Sliding Doors, the whole idea is that every choice you make, and every single thing that happens to you changes the trajectory of your life, and once you are put on that trajectory, there is no way back. But Groundhog Day - which, I tell him, also happens to be a much better movie - says the opposite. It says if you mess up or make the wrong choice, you just have to keep at it until you do it right.”

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