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    After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with color, bountiful with life. Within decades we must close our eyes again. Isn’t it a noble, an enlightened way of spending our brief time in the sun, to work at understanding the universe and how we have come to wake up in it? This is how I answer when I am asked—as I am surprisingly often—why I bother to get up in the mornings.

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In youth we learn; in age we understand.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

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Virtue is not the absense of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate ting, read more

Virtue is not the absense of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate ting, like pain or a particular smell. - Tremendous Trifles.

by G. K. Chesterton Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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America has been discovered before, but it has always been hushed up.

America has been discovered before, but it has always been hushed up.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Exploration Quotes,
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The reign of imagagology begins where history ends.

The reign of imagagology begins where history ends.

by Milan Kundera Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

by John Locke Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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In deep meditation the flow of concentration is continuous like the flow of oil.

In deep meditation the flow of concentration is continuous like the flow of oil.

by Patanjali Found in: Meditation Quotes,
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There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

by Don Herold Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.

Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.

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No man has received from nature the right to give orders to others. Freedom is a gift from heaven, and read more

No man has received from nature the right to give orders to others. Freedom is a gift from heaven, and every individual of the same species has the right to enjoy it as soon as he is in enjoyment of his reason.

by Denis Diderot Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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