#selves

That is to say, nature's laws are causal; they reveal themselves by comparison and difference, and they operate at every multivariate space/time point. ↗

— Edward Tufte

#comparison #difference #every #laws #nature

People without firmness of character love to make up a fate for themselves; that relieves them of the necessity of having their own will and of taking responsibility for themselves. ↗

— Ivan Turgenev

#fate #firmness #having #love #make

A poet must be a psychologist, but a secret one: he should know and feel the roots of phenomena but present only the phenomena themselves in full bloom or as they fade away. ↗

— Ivan Turgenev

#bloom #fade #feel #full #know

The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong. ↗

— Swami Vivekananda

#come #great #gymnasium #make #ourselves

God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well. ↗

— Voltaire

#gave #gift #give #god #life

Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too. ↗

— Voltaire

#others #privilege #think #too #yourselves

I think that's what poetry does. It allows people to come together and identify with a common thing that is outside of themselves, but which they identify with from the interior. ↗

— Diane Wakoski

#come #common #common thing #does #i

PC stuff just lowers the general acceptance of good work and replaces it with bogus poetry that celebrates values that in themselves are probably quite worthy. ↗

— Diane Wakoski

#bogus #celebrates #general #good #good work

I tell my students to try to know molecules, so well that when they have some question involving molecules, they can ask themselves, What would I do if I were that molecule? ↗

— George Wald

#i #i do #involving #know #molecule

The defense of our rights and our dignity, as well as efforts never to let ourselves to be overcome by the feeling of hatred - this is the road we have chosen. ↗

— Lech Walesa

#defense #dignity #efforts #feeling #hatred