A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.
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The artist does not illustrate science (but) he frequently responds to the same interests that a scientist does.
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Restore human legs as a means of travel. Pedestrians rely on food for fuel and need no special parking facilities.
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One of the functions of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.
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Today, the degradation of the inner life is symbolized by the fact that the only place sacred from interruption is the private toilet.
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Today, the notion of progress in a single line without goal or limit seems perhaps the most parochial notion of a very parochial century.
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The earth is the Lord's fullness thereof: this is no longer a hollow dictum of religion, but a directive for economic action toward human brotherhood.
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Nothing is unthinkable, nothing impossible to the balanced person, provided it comes out of the needs of life and is dedicated to life's further development.
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However far modern science and techniques have fallen short of their inherent possibilities, they have taught mankind at least one lesson; nothing is impossible.
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It has not been for nothing that the word has remained man's principal toy and tool: without the meanings and values it sustains, all man's other tools would be worthless.
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