#ura

Anecdotal thinking comes naturally; science requires training. ↗

— Michael Shermer

#comes #naturally #requires #science #thinking

We should be exploring consciousness at the neural level and higher, where the arrow of causal analysis points up toward such principles as emergence and self-organization. ↗

— Michael Shermer

#arrow #causal #consciousness #emergence #exploring

India Conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border. ↗

— Hu Shih

#border #centuries #china #conquered #culturally

What is sacred among one people may be ridiculous in another; and what is despised or rejected by one cultural group, may in a different environment become the cornerstone for a great edifice of strange grandeur and beauty. ↗

— Hu Shih

#another #beauty #become #cornerstone #cultural

Another important historical factor is the fact that this already very simple religion was further simplified and purified by the early philosophers of ancient China. Our first great philosopher was a founder of naturalism; and our second great philosopher was an agnostic. ↗

— Hu Shih

#already #ancient #another #china #early

It is only through contact and comparison that the relative value or worthlessness of the various cultural elements can be clearly and critically seen and understood. ↗

— Hu Shih

#comparison #contact #critically #cultural #elements

But, also, before I even go on the Medicare prescription drug debate, I always tell the folks in rural Illinois, and I represent 30 counties south of Springfield down to Indiana and Kentucky, that in this bill is the best rural package for hospitals ever passed. ↗

— John Shimkus

#always #before #best #bill #counties

The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy. ↗

— Florence Scovel Shinn

#astounding #deeds #game #later #life

Peace is a fragile thing. It takes courage to secure it. It takes wisdom to maintain it. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

#fragile #fragile thing #maintain #peace #secure

The natural idealism of youth is an idealism, alas, for which we do not always provide as many outlets as we should. ↗

— Sargent Shriver

#always #idealism #many #natural #outlets