Category: philosopher
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Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
Francis Bacon
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Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
Henry David Thoreau
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Those who cannot understand how to put their thoughts on ice should not enter into the heat of debate.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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I am a little too absorbed by science to be able to philosophise much; but the more I look into myself, the more I find myself possessed by the conviction that it is only the science of Christ running through all things, that is to say true mystical science, that really matters. I let myself get caught up in the game when I geologise.
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear.
Jean-Paul Sartre
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The making of the far-famed New York Central Park was opposed by even good men, with misguided pluck, perseverance, and ingenuity, but straight right won its way, and now that park is appreciated. So we confidently believe it will be with our great national parks and forest reservations.
John Muir
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Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual.
Henry David Thoreau
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The world’s biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.
Chanakya