#eli

It is useless to tell one not to reason but to believe; you might as well tell a man not to wake but sleep. ↗

— George Byron

#man #might #reason #sleep #tell

À igreja nunca se lhe pediu que explicasse fosse o que fosse, a nossa outra especialidade, além da balística, tem sido neutralizar, pela fé, o espírito curioso. ↗

— José Saramago

#death

The maxim, that governments ought to train the people in the way in which they should go, sounds well. But is there any reason for believing that a government is more likely to lead the people in the right way than the people to fall into the right way of themselves? ↗

— Thomas Babington Macaulay

#believing #fall #go #government #governments

Traveling, you realize that differences are lost: each city takes to resembling all cities, places exchange their form, order, distances, a shapeless dust cloud invades the continents. ↗

— Italo Calvino

#cities #city #cloud #continents #differences

Evil borders upon good, and vices are confounded with virtues; as the report of good qualities is delightful to a well-disposed mind, so the relation of the contrary should not be offensive. ↗

— Giraldus Cambrensis

#confounded #contrary #delightful #evil #good

Too many radiologists still believe there is a risk from a chest x-ray. Few radiologists can explain radiation to the patient in words the patient can understand. ↗

— John Cameron

#chest #explain #few #many #patient

When I entered the field in July 1958 I believed what they told me about radiation risks. I spent much effort reducing the dose to patients in radiology. ↗

— John Cameron

#believed #dose #effort #entered #field

I believe that when we ask to be led, we are led, and there's nothing too small or esoteric for spiritual help. ↗

— Julia Cameron

#believe #esoteric #help #i #i believe

The distance is great from the firm belief to the realization from concrete experience. ↗

— Isabella I

#concrete #distance #experience #firm #great

I have always been driven. I have always believed in what I believe very deeply. ↗

— Alastair Campbell

#been #believe #believed #deeply #driven