#thus

Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition. ↗

— Adam Smith

#antidote #enthusiasm #great #poison #superstition

Thus a man was born into a fixed relation to certain gods as surely as he was born into a relation to his fellow-men; and his religion... was simply one side of the general scheme of conduct prescribed for him by his position as a member of society. ↗

— William Robertson Smith

#certain #conduct #fellow-men #fixed #general

Language thus becomes monumental because of the mutations of advertising. ↗

— Robert Smithson

#because #becomes #language #monumental #mutations

When a finished work of 20th century sculpture is placed in an 18th century garden, it is absorbed by the ideal representation of the past, thus reinforcing political and social values that are no longer with us. ↗

— Robert Smithson

#18th century #20th century #century #finished #finished work

If you have done terrible things, you must endure terrible things; for thus the sacred light of injustice shines bright. ↗

— Sophocles

#done #endure #injustice #light #must

By making a comeback, I'm changing the attitude of people toward me. If I'd known that people would react so enthusiastically, I'd have done it years ago. ↗

— Mark Spitz

#attitude #changing #comeback #done #enthusiastically

When I launched the development of the GNU system, I explicitly said the purpose of developing this system is so we can use our computers and have freedom, thus if you use some other free system instead but you have freedom, then it's a success. It's not popularity for our code but it's success for our goal. ↗

— Richard Stallman

#computers #developing #development #explicitly #free

As a reward of their clean living and good habits these great stars have been able to withstand the rigorous test of stamina and physical exertion and have thus successfully extended their most remarkable careers over a period of many strenuous years. ↗

— Major Taylor

#been #careers #clean #clean living #exertion

I focus on spiritual wealth now, and I'm busier, more enthusiastic, and more joyful than I have ever been. ↗

— John Templeton

#busier #enthusiastic #ever #focus #i

I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion at the time. It expands later, and thus we don't have complete emotions about the present, only about the past. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#beautiful #because #complete #emotion #emotions