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There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding it...more

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The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

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The first step in making rabbit stew is catching the rabbit.

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Many years later he looked through one of my books and said, "How did you learn all this, Isaac?""From you, Pappa", I said."From me? I don't know any ...more

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Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.

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All evil is good become cancerous.

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Congratulations on the new library, because it isn't just a library. It is a space ship that will take you to the farthest reaches of the Universe, a ...more

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The work of each individual contributes to a totality, and so becomes an undying part of the totality. That totality of human lives, past and present ...more

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How then to enforce peace? Not by reason, certainly, nor by education. If a man could not look at the fact of peace and the fact of war and choose the...more

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For what could any Entity, conscious of eternal existence, want – but an end?