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The fatal error of much science fiction has been to subscribe to an optimism based on the idea that revolution, or a new gimmick, or a bunch of strong men, or an invasion of aliens, or the conquest of other planets, or the annihilation of half the world--in short, pretty nearly anything but the facing up to the integral and irredeemable nature of mankind--can bring about utopian situations. It is the old error of the externalization of evil. ↗

— Brian Aldiss

#mankind #optimism #science-fiction #utopia #men

• “Don't try to use what you learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist; use it to be a better whatever-you-already-are.” --Dalai Lama http://amzn.to/dMBLWW ↗

— Sukhraj Dhillon

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How typical of a machine to think it knows better. ↗

— Vasileios Kalampakas

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Moral laws are set as a curb and restraint to these exorbitant desires, which they cannot be but by rewards and punishments, that will over-balance the satisfaction any one shall propose to himself in the breach of the law. ↗

— John Locke

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One can give or withhold in a manner far more effective, sophisticated, useful, which is quite invisible to people who think that giving or withholding is done by external assessment. If you seek some mark of favour or 'promotion', know that you are not ready for it. Progress comes through capacity to learn, and is irresistible. Nobody can stand between you and knowledge if you are fit for it. ↗

— Idries Shah

#learning #science #sufis #truth #wisdom

Rare sono le persone che usano la mente. Poche coloro che usano il cuore. Uniche quelle che usano entrambi. ↗

— R.Levi di Montalcini

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Todos somos ignorantes, lo que sucede es que no todos ignoramos lo mismo ↗

— Albert Einsten

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We can believe in the future and work to achieve it and preserve it, or we can whirl blindly on, behaving as if one day there will be no children to inherit our legacy. The choice is ours; the earth is in balance. ↗

— Al Gore

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[M]onarchy was, or ought to be, not so much absolute as mitigated by the principle of ius politicum, supporting a mixed polity partaking of elements both royal and political, which is to say, popular and representative. ↗

— Patrick Collinson

#monarchy-of-the-uk #political-science #politics #royalty #science

Horned humans are not unknown to medical science as there is a rare skin disease, which goes by the name of ‘Cornu Cutaneum’, a cutaneous growth, which resembles a horn and grows from the scalp. ↗

— Carole Carlton

#carole-carlton #cornu-cutaneum #horned-humans #horns-from-the-scalp #imbolc