#or

To expect the world to receive a new truth, or even an old truth, without challenging it, is to look for one of those miracles which do not occur. ↗

— Alfred Russel Wallace

#even #expect #look #miracles #new

To say that mind is a product or function of protoplasm, or of its molecular changes, is to use words to which we can attach no clear conception. ↗

— Alfred Russel Wallace

#changes #clear #conception #function #mind

Truth is born into this world only with pangs and tribulations, and every fresh truth is received unwillingly. ↗

— Alfred Russel Wallace

#every #fresh #into #only #pangs

What we need are not prohibitory marriage laws, but a reformed society, an educated public opinion which will teach individual duty in these matters. ↗

— Alfred Russel Wallace

#educated #individual #laws #marriage #matters

Sit in a room and read--and read and read. And read the right books by the right people. Your mind is brought onto that level, and you have a nice, mild, slow-burning rapture all the time. ↗

— Joseph Campbell

#inspirational #reading #inspirational

I think a lot of people in television news look at the cable networks with great envy. ↗

— Chris Wallace

#envy #great #i #i think #look

If you're going to be born ugly and be an actor - the least they can do is let you play Lincoln. ↗

— Sam Waterston

#born #going #least #lincoln #play

This is so American, man: either make something your God and cosmos and then worship it, or else kill it. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#cosmos #either #else #god #kill

I just think that fiction that isn't exploring what it means to be human today isn't art. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#exploring #fiction #human #i #just

One of the things that makes Wittgenstein a real artist to me is that he realized that no conclusion could be more horrible than solipsism. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#conclusion #could #horrible #makes #me