Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. – Lao

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

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Lao Tzu

For the scientist, at exactly the moment of discovery that most unstable existential moment the external world, nature itself, deeply confirms

For the scientist, at exactly the moment of discovery that most unstable existential moment the external world, nature itself, deeply confirms his innermost fantastic convictions. Anchored abruptly in the world, Leviathan gasping on his hook, he is saved from extreme mental disorder by the most profound affirmation of the real.

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Richard Rhodes,

The Making of the Atomic Bomb

We all have a thirst for wonder. It’s a deeply human quality. Science and religion are both bound up with it. What I’m saying is, you don’t

We all have a thirst for wonder. It’s a deeply human quality. Science and religion are both bound up with it. What I’m saying is, you don’t have to make stories up, you don’t have to exaggerate. There’s wonder and awe enough in the real world. Nature’s a lot better at inventing wonders than we are.

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Carl Sagan,

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