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I cannot teach you violence, as I do not myself believe in it. I can only teach you not to bow your heads before any one even at the cost of your life.: Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)
Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
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The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie -- deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.: John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963)
Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our intellects.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Man and Superman, Epistle Dedicatory
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War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.: John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873)
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Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes.: Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla), James Reston, Galileo, A Life, HarperCollins, NY, 1994, p 461.
Engineering is an activity other than purely manual and physical work which brings about the utilization of the materials and laws of nature for the good of humanity.: R. E. Hellmund, 1929
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Engineering is a great profession. There is the satisfaction of watching a figment of the imagination emerge through the aid of science to a plan on paper. Then it moves to realisation in stone or metal or energy. Then it brings homes to men or women. Then it elevates the standard of living and adds to the comforts of life. This is the engineer's high privilege.: Herbert Hoover (1874 - 1964)
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Engineering is the art of organizing and directing men and controlling the forces and materials of nature for the benefit of the human race.: Henry G. Stott, 1907
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