#bse

Corn is the hero of its own story, and though we humans played a crucial supporting role in its rise to world domination, it would be wrong to suggest we have been calling the shots, or acting always in our own best interests. Indeed there is every reason to believe that corn has succeeded in domesticating us. ↗

— Michael Pollan

#nature

The humility that cringes in order that reproof may be escaped or favor obtained is as unchristian as it is profoundly immoral. ↗

— Dallas Willard

#obsequiousness #relationship

If you've got a religious belief that withers in the face of observations of the natural world, you ought to rethink your beliefs - rethinking the world isn't an option. ↗

— P.Z. Myers

#observation #reason #religion #science #nature

It was understood that they shared the same thresholds--the same inexhaustible appetite for wasting time, for discussing lofty ideas, for dissecting trivial things, for driving to nowhere in particular, for listening to music, for talking about books, for obsessing over pop culture, but mostly for laughing, talking, and simply being together. There was nothing one could say that the other would find too cruel or too kind. And on those rare occasions when they did tire of each other, they needed only go a day without talking before they yearned to reconnect. ↗

— Galt Niederhoffer

#books #cruel #discussing #dissecting #driving

Look ... first and foremost, I'm a scientist. That means it's my responsibility to make observations and gather evidence before forming a hypothesis, not vice versa. ↗

— Allen Steele

#hypotheses #hypothesis #observations #science #scientific-inquiry

You know my method. It is founded upon the observation of trifles. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#investigation #methods #mysteries #sherlock-holmes #trifles

By means of personal experimentation and observation, we can discover certain simple and universal truths. The mind moves the body, and the body follows the mind. Logically then, negative thought patterns harm not only the mind but also the body. What we actually do builds up to affect the subconscious mind and in turn affects the conscious mind and all reactions. ↗

— H.E. Davey

#ki #meditation #mind-and-body-unification #nakamura-tempu #negative-thoughts

There is practically no activity that cannot be enhanced or replaced by knitting, if you really want to get obsessive about it. ↗

— Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

#obsession #obsession

Why’s the faerie so obsessed with you anyway? You’re not that cute.” (Arianna to Evie) ↗

— Kiersten White

#obsession

If you're that obsessed with someone, why would you kill her? Humans are full of contradictions. ↗

— Ai Yazawa

#manga #murder #nana #nobuo #obsession