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The cause of freedom is the cause of God.
The cause of freedom is the cause of God.
It's good to shut up sometimes.
It's good to shut up sometimes.
The freedom of the press works in such a way that there is not much freedom from it.
The freedom of the press works in such a way that there is not much freedom from it.
Despite the high cost of living it remains a popular item.
Despite the high cost of living it remains a popular item.
After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with color, read more
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.
The two most abundant things in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity.
The two most abundant things in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity.
Nature does not loathe virtue: it is unaware of its existence. - A Letter to Myself.
Nature does not loathe virtue: it is unaware of its existence. - A Letter to Myself.
The seeing of objects involves many sources of information beyond those meeting the eye when we look at an object. read more
The seeing of objects involves many sources of information beyond those meeting the eye when we look at an object. It generally involves knowledge of the object derived from previous experience, and this experience is not limited to vision but may include the other senses: touch, taste, smell, hearing, and perhaps also temperature or pain.
Minds are like parachutes; they work best when open.
Minds are like parachutes; they work best when open.
