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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - November 29, 2012
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties.
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Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)  
Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.
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Aldous Huxley (1894 - 1963), Vedanta for the Western World, 1945  
The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.
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Nikola Tesla (1857 - 1943), Modern Mechanics and Inventions. July, 1934  
There are two ways to pass a hurdle: leaping over or plowing through... There needs to be a monster truck option.
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Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content #1356, 03-10-09  
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