There is no better high than discovery.

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Old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.

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Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science.

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True character arises from a deeper well than religion.

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It's like having astronomy without knowing where the stars are.

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When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all.

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Sometimes a concept is baffling not because it is profound but because it is wrong.

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Even as empiricism is winning the mind, transcendentalism continues to win the heart.

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The human mind evolved to believe in the gods. It did not evolve to believe in biology.

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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.

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