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Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtue of humility in the domain of thought. ↗

— Simone Weil

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And of all illumination which human reason can give, none is comparable to the discovery of what we are, our nature, our obligations, what happiness we are capable of, and what are the means of attaining it. ↗

— Adam Weishaupt

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Probably the most visible example of unintended consequences, is what happens every time humans try to change the natural ecology of a place. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

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We do as much harm holding onto programs and people past their natural life span as we do when we employ massive organizational air strikes. However, destroying comes at the end of life's cycle, not as a first response. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

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To say to the painter that Nature is to be taken as she is, is to say to the player that he may sit on the piano. ↗

— James Whistler

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Many plays - certainly mine - are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them. ↗

— Thornton Wilder

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Nature reserves the right to inflict upon her children the most terrifying jests. ↗

— Thornton Wilder

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A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with. ↗

— Tennessee Williams

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String Theory describes energy and matter as being composed of tiny, wiggling strands of energy that look like strings. And the pitch of a string's vibration determines the nature of its effect. ↗

— Roy H. Williams

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Baseball gives every American boy a chance to excel, not just to be as good as someone else but to be better than someone else. This is the nature of man and the name of the game. ↗

— Ted Williams

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