#tiny

Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#deep #means #nonsense #religion #science

Each religion, by the help of more or less myth, which it takes more or less seriously, proposes some method of fortifying the human soul and enabling it to make its peace with its destiny. ↗

— George Santayana

#each #enabling #fortifying #help #human

Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them so that each might express a tiny part of what it is. ↗

— Jose Saramago

#each #express #language #making #might

It seems to me a worthy goal: try to create a representation of consciousness that's durable and truthful, i.e., that accounts, somewhat, for all the strange, tiny, hard-to-articulate, instantaneous, unwilled things that actually go on in our minds in the course of a given day, or even a given moment. ↗

— George Saunders

#actually #consciousness #course #create #day

The Western media tends to place a lot of emphasis on official institutions in Ukraine such as its supreme court, the central election commission, and the parliament. In reality, the people of Ukraine now control their destiny. ↗

— Bob Schaffer

#commission #control #court #destiny #election

Not without a shudder may the human hand reach into the mysterious urn of destiny. ↗

— Friedrich Schiller

#hand #human #into #may #mysterious

There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny. ↗

— Friedrich Schiller

#chance #deepest #destiny #merest #seem

Even though I don't agree with either Sarah Palin or Michele Bachmann on virtually anything, I do think the unique scrutiny - because of their gender and highlighting the potential conflict between them is a product of the media's desire for juicy storylines. I think it's inappropriate. ↗

— Debbie Wasserman Schultz

#anything #because #between #conflict #desire

Let me say this, to all of the chattering class that so much focuses on those little tiny, yes, porky amendments - the American people really don't care. ↗

— Charles Schumer

#american people #care #chattering #class #focuses

I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

#destiny #found #happy #how #i