Pick a flower on Earth and you move the farthest star.

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About Paul Dirac

Portrait of Paul Dirac

Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac ( dih-RAK; 8 August 1902 – 20 October 1984) was an English theoretical physicist who is considered to be one of the founders of quantum mechanics. Dirac laid the foundations for both quantum electrodynamics and quantum field theory, coining the former term. He was Lucasian Professor...

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As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss.

In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.

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A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.

—H. L. Mencken

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Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.

—Albert Camus

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One could not pluck a flower without troubling a star.

—Loren Eiseley

For most of life, nothing wonderful happens. If you don’t enjoy getting up and working and finishing your work and sitting down to a meal with family or friends, then the chances are that you’re not going to be very happy. If someone bases his happiness or unhappiness on major events like a great new job, huge amounts of money, a flawlessly happy marriage or a trip to Paris, that person isn’t going to be happy much of the time. If, on the other hand, happiness depends on a good breakfast, flowers in the yard, a drink or a nap, then we are more likely to live with quite a bit of happiness.

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Our national flower is the concrete cloverleaf.

—Lewis Mumford

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