Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality. —Bertrand Russell More about this quote Tags: certainty reasoning rationality absolutes Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We hope that, when the insects take over the world, they will remember with gratitude how we took them along on all our picnics. —Bill Vaughan More about this quote Tags: humor bugs picnics Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You don’t ever really let go, though. You don’t stop. You don’t stop hurting, you don’t stop loving. It doesn’t go away, you just keep living and eventually things get pushed into the background of your life so it’s not consuming you every day. And then one day you know you’re okay. It still hurts, you still miss that person. And yeah, you forget the details. The way she smelled, the way her mouth tasted, how her skin felt, the sound of her voice. It’s almost like a different life, a different person that loved her, was with her. But on a day-to-day level, you know you’re okay. Sort of. —Jasinda Wilder in Falling Into You More about this quote Tags: love memory loss Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Life is an adventure in forgiveness. —Norman Cousins More about this quote Tags: life forgiveness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with those of a miser. —Robertson Davies More about this quote Tags: books collecting Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. —Thomas Carlyle More about this quote Tags: ignorance faults Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty. A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants to believe. It is guilty, until found effective. —Edward Teller More about this quote Tags: facts guilt hypothesis Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I think that’s how I would describe love right now if someone asked me. You’re so connected to someone else that the world and all its cliques and challenges and traumas and mysteries can’t hurt you that much. —Audrey Hart in The Dig More about this quote Tags: love Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I have many things I want out of life, but I’m practical. I know that I must wait to get what I want. —Jude Deveraux in Counterfeit Lady More about this quote Tags: patience desire Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Desire nothing, give up all desires and be happy. —Swami Sivananda More about this quote Tags: happiness desire Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race. —Don Marquis More about this quote Tags: humanity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Love is the outreach of self toward completion. —Ralph W. Sockman More about this quote Tags: love Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power. —David Brin More about this quote Tags: politics power corruption Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best — and therefore never scrutinize or question. —Stephen Jay Gould More about this quote Tags: knowledge stories Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The English language was carefully, carefully cobbled together by three blind dudes and a German dictionary. —Dave Kellett More about this quote Tags: humor language English Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email