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Maxiom of the day
In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe is so constituted as to maximize play. The best games are not those in which all goes smoothly and steadily toward a certain conclusion, but those in which the outcome is always in doubt. Similarly, the geometry of life is designed to keep us at the point of maximum tension between certainty and uncertainty, order and chaos. Every important call is a close one. We survive and evolve by the skin of our teeth. We really wouldn't want it any other way.
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Maxiom of the day
The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.
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Maxiom of the day
People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, a gift confers no rights.
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Maxiom of the day
Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way.
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Maxiom of the day
At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.
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Maxiom of the day
Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.
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Maxiom of the day
It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.
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Maxiom of the day
Truth is something which can't be told in a few words. Those who simplify the universe only reduce the expansion of its meaning.
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Maxiom of the day
False face must hide what the false heart doth know.
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Maxiom of the day
Sometimes people put up walls, not to keep others out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
