Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.
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Almost everything that distinguishes the modern world from earlier centuries is attributable to science, which achieved its most spectacular triumphs in the seventeenth century.Bertrand Russell
What a man believes upon grossly insufficient evidence is an index into his desires -- desires of which he himself is often unconscious. If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way.
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Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
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The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.
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Bad philosophers may have a certain influence good philosophers, never.
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It seems to be the fate of idealists to obtain what they have struggled for in a form which destroys their ideals.
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