I have tried to read philosophers of all ages and have found many illuminating ideas but no steady progress toward deeper knowledge and understanding. Science, however, gives me the feeling of steady...
Max Born
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atoms, causality, ideas, illuminating, knowledge, matter, philosophers, philosophy, physics, progress
He lifted his shirt, and on his back was the White Rabbit, wearing his waistcoat and looking at his watch. It was just like the illustration from the book. Only standing next to him, back-to-back, was...
Michael Thomas Ford
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alice in wonderland, angel and demon, art, back, bipolar, deep, depression, illustrations, lewis carroll, light
Steffy risked a glance at her fellow neighbors and townspeople. She often looked for kindred spirits in the crowd. None were ever found. Just once, she wished to see someone trying to hide a smile, a...
Jaime Allison Parker
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alienation, alone, aloneness, fear, loathing, misfit, misfits, outcasts, religious hypocrisy, social anxiety
In 1881, being on a visit to Boston, my wife and I found ourselves in the Parker House with the 's, and went over to Charleston to hear him lecture. His subject was 'Some Mistakes of Moses,' and it wa...
Moncure Daniel Conway
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art, boston, emerson, emotion, friendship, henry d thoreau, henry david thoreau, henry thoreau, honor, humor