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The world shall perish not for lack of wonders, but for lack of wonder


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Money can buy a fine dog but it is kindness that makes him wag his tail.



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Capitalism, though it may not always give the scientific worker a living wage, will always protect him, as being one of the geese which produce golden eggs for its table.



This is my prediction for the future: Whatever hasn't happened will happen, and no one will be safe from it.

This is my prediction for the future: Whatever hasn't happened will happen, and no one will be safe from it.



Teleology is like a mistress to a biologist: he cannot live without her but he's unwilling to be seen with her in public.

Teleology is like a mistress to a biologist: he cannot live without her but he's unwilling to be seen with her in public.



Science is vastly more stimulating to the imagination than the classics.

Science is vastly more stimulating to the imagination than the classics.



The wise man regulates his conduct by the theories both of religion and science. But he regards these theories not as statements of ultimate fact but as art-forms.

The wise man regulates his conduct by the theories both of religion and science. But he regards these theories not as statements of ultimate fact but as art-forms.



Christianity is haunted by the theory of a God with a craving for bloody sacrifices.

Christianity is haunted by the theory of a God with a craving for bloody sacrifices.



Reality is the cage of those who lack imagination.

Reality is the cage of those who lack imagination.



There is no great invention, from fire to flying, which has not been hailed as an insult to some god.

There is no great invention, from fire to flying, which has not been hailed as an insult to some god.



Would I lay down my life to save my brother? No, but I would to save two brothers or eight cousins.

Would I lay down my life to save my brother? No, but I would to save two brothers or eight cousins.





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If I can't dance, I don't care if my dances are ever done again!

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Stop giving your power away and begin to trust that your feelings are in fact expressions of the deepest truths.

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I say the very things that make the greatest StirAn' the most interestin' things, are things that did n't occur.

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