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Edwin Markham

The thing that is incredible is lif…

2 Sep , 2020  

The thing that is incredible is life itself. Why should we be here in this sun-illuminated universe? Why should there be green earth under our feet? Great short quote and quotation by: Edwin Markham ,

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Jonathan Berry

The tragic mistake of so many in th…

2 Sep , 2020  

The tragic mistake of so many in the environmentalist movement is the belief that the rest of the world can afford to hold itself to our expensive green standards. Great short quote and quotation by: Jonathan Berry ,

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Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., (dissent, Abrams v. United States, 1919)

The ultimate good desired is better…

24 Sep , 2019  

The ultimate good desired is better reached by free trade in ideas [and] the best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market. Great short quote and quotation by: Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., (dissent, Abrams v. United States, 1919) , US jurist (1841 – […]

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Elizabeth Peters

The way to get on with a cat is to …

25 Jan , 2017  

The way to get on with a cat is to treat it as an equal–or even better, as the superior it knows itself to be. Great short quote and quotation by: Elizabeth Peters ,

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Friedrich Nietzsche, "The Will to Power"

The world itself is the will to pow…

25 Jan , 2017  

The world itself is the will to power – and nothing else! And you yourself are the will to power – and nothing else! Great short quote and quotation by: Friedrich Nietzsche, “The Will to Power” , German philosopher (1844 – 1900)

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Raoul Vaneigem

The world of the commodity is a wor…

25 Jan , 2017  

The world of the commodity is a world updside-down, which bases itself not upon life but upon the transformation of life into work. Great short quote and quotation by: Raoul Vaneigem ,

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George Sarton, History of Science

There are but few saints amongst sc…

3 May , 2016  

There are but few saints amongst scientists, as among other men, but truth itself is a goal comparable with sanctity. Great short quote and quotation by: George Sarton, History of Science ,

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There are many shining qualities on…

3 May , 2016  

There are many shining qualities on the mind of man; but none so useful as discretion. It is this which gives a value to all the rest, and sets them at work in their proper places, and turns them to the advantage of their possessor. Without it, learning is pedantry; wit, impertinence; virtue itself looks […]

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J. W. Alexander

There are pauses amidst study, and …

3 May , 2016  

There are pauses amidst study, and even pauses of seeming idleness, in which a process goes on which may be likened to the digestion of food. In those seasons of repose, the powers are gathering their strength for new efforts; as land which lies fallow recovers itself for tillage. Great short quote and quotation by: […]

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There are three classes of intellec…

22 Sep , 2015  

There are three classes of intellects: one which comprehends by itself; another which appreciates what others comprehend; and a third which neither comprehends by itself nor by the showing of others; the first is the most excellent, the second is good, and the third is useless. Great short quote and quotation by: Niccolo Machiavelli, The […]

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Laurens Van der Post, Venture to the Interior (1951)

There is a way in which the collect…

3 Jul , 2015  

There is a way in which the collective knowledge of mankind expresses itself, for the finite individual, through mere daily living… a way in which life itself is sheer knowing. Great short quote and quotation by: Laurens Van der Post, Venture to the Interior (1951) ,

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Gene Wolfe

There is no limit to stupidity. Spa…

3 Jul , 2015  

There is no limit to stupidity. Space itself is said to be bounded by its own curvature, but stupidity continues beyond infinity. Great short quote and quotation by: Gene Wolfe ,

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