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We have found that where science has progressed the farthest, the mind has but regained from nature that which the mind put into nature. ↗

— Arthur Eddington

#found #into #mind #nature #progressed

It is even possible that laws which have not their origin in the mind may be irrational, and we can never succeed in formulating them. ↗

— Arthur Eddington

#formulating #irrational #laws #may #mind

People are people, and they want to know about their own experiences. ↗

— John Edward

#experiences #know #own #people #their

What a mysterious thing madness is. I have watched patients whose lips are forever sealed in a perpetual silence. They live, breathe, eat; the human form is there, but that something, which the body can live without, but which cannot exist without the body, was missing. ↗

— Nellie Bly

#breathe #cannot #eat #exist #forever

How can a doctor judge a woman's sanity by merely bidding her good morning and refusing to hear her pleas for release? Even the sick ones know it is useless to say anything, for the answer will be that it is their imagination. ↗

— Nellie Bly

#anything #bidding #doctor #even #good

All the asylum clothing is made by the patients, but sewing does not employ one's mind. After several months' confinement the thoughts of the busy world grow faint, and all the poor prisoners can do is to sit and ponder over their hopeless fate. ↗

— Nellie Bly

#asylum #busy #clothing #confinement #does

What can you do if a part of it is uphill? You can't work out another route. You've just got to run the one they give you. But they tell me London is a nice course. Even the cobbles, I hope, are not very much of a problem for me. ↗

— Haile Gebrselassie

#course #even #give #got #hope

The decision to join or not join a service union, political party or other organization should be left up to the individual. No such organization has the right to take money out of the pockets of state workers without their proper consent. ↗

— Matt Blunt

#decision #individual #join #left #money

I continue to be a strong believer in the life-saving importance of early detection, and I encourage everyone to be proactive about their preventive screenings. ↗

— Roy Blunt

#believer #continue #detection #early #encourage

Somebody was telling me about the French Army rifle that was being advertised on eBay the other day - the description was, 'Never shot. Dropped once. ↗

— Roy Blunt

#advertised #army #being #day #description