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The propensity to excessive simplification is indeed natural to the mind of man, since it is only by abstraction and generalisation, which necessarily imply the neglect of a multitude of particulars, that he can stretch his puny faculties so as to embrace a minute portion of the illimitable vastness of the universe. But if the propensity is natural and even inevitable, it is nevertheless fraught with peril, since it is apt to narrow and falsify our conception of any subject under investigation. To correct it partially - for to correct it wholly would require an infinite intelligence - we must endeavour to broaden our views by taking account of a wide range of facts and possibilities; and when we have done so to the utmost of our power, we must still remember that from the very nature of things our ideas fall immeasurably short of the reality.


James George Frazer


#generalisation #knowledge #science #art

Two people of similar nature can never get along, it takes two opposites to harmonize.


Ram Mohan


#friendly #getting-along #nature #opposites #people

But nobody is visually naive any longer. We are cluttered with images, and only abstract art can bring us to the threshold of the divine.


Dominique De Menil


#art #divine #menil #rothko #art

All religions are good 'in principle' - but unfortunately this abstract Good has only rarely prevented their practitioners from behaving like bastards.


Paul Karl Feyerabend


#goodness #religion #religion

Fascinating ... The whole thing [the school dance] seems to work on a similar principle to a supercollider. You know, two streams of opposingly charged particles accelerated till they're just under the speed of light, and then crashed into each other? Only here alcohol, accentuated secondary sexual characteristics and primitive "rock and roll" beats take the place of velocity.


Paul Murray


#science #science

I want to talk to you. I want to listen to you. I want to walk with you and, yes, I want you in m bed. That's what I want today. That's what I'll want in a hundred years. If you promise to be my wife forever, I will pledge myself to your happiness.


Christina Dodd


#historical #historical-romance #queen #queen-victoria #romance

An educated man is not, necessarily, one who has an abundance of general or specialized knowledge. An educated man is one who has so developed the faculties of his mind that he may acquire anything he wants, or its equivalent, without violating the rights of others. –


Napoleon Hill


#new-thought #science-of-mind #education

The ability to find sparks may be buried so deep in you that you stop believing there's a God. Until someone comes along, with so much light in her that you can't help but see your own, and when you're together,that light grows even brighter.


Jodi Picoult


#light #love #self #faith

The very thing that attracts you to someone can end up putting you off.


Anne Tyler


#divorce #love #love

The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet.


Andy Warhol


#between #exciting #meet #most #never






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