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Post by Tamrin on Jun 10, 2013 10:55:11 GMT 10
The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid
Thomas à Kempis
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Post by Tamrin on Jun 10, 2013 11:27:00 GMT 10
People would rather believe than know
If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth
Old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false
Sometimes a concept is baffling not because it is profound but because it is wrong
Edward O Wilson (Born this day 1929)
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Post by Smithee on Jun 16, 2013 18:42:24 GMT 10
"Sometimes it seems that there is quite a distance between a way of thinking based on faith and one entirely based on experiment, remaining skeptical. Unless you find something through investigation, you do not want to accept it as fact. From one viewpoint, Buddhism is a religion, from another viewpoint Buddhism is a science of mind and not a religion. Buddhism can be a bridge between these two sides. Therefore, with this conviction I try to have closer ties with scientists, mainly in the fields of cosmology, psychology, neurobiology and physics." - Tenzin Gyatso 14th Dalai Lama.
"Without skepticism, no question arises. If there’s no question, there’s no investigation. And if there’s no investigation, you can’t find the reality of things." - Tenzin Gyatso 14th Dalai Lama.
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Post by Smithee on Jun 16, 2013 18:50:00 GMT 10
"It never struck me how illogical it was to say that I believed in what I could not understand and what is in fact unintelligible. I might have said with entire truth that I had no wish to dispute any dogma; but I never was such a fool as to feel and say, 'credo quia incredibile' ['I believe because it is incredible']." - Charles Darwin.
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Post by Smithee on Jun 18, 2013 17:54:11 GMT 10
"An idea must not be condemned for being a little shy and incoherent; all new ideas are shy when introduced first among our old ones. We should have patience and see whether the incoherency is likely to wear off or to wear on, in which latter case the sooner we get rid of them the better." - Samuel Butler
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Post by Smithee on Jun 18, 2013 17:57:40 GMT 10
"The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses." - Francis Bacon.
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