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- Mathematics is the queen of the sciences.
- Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777 - 1855), from Sartorius von Waltershausen, "Gauss zum Gedachtniss" [1856]
- Most people sell their souls, and live with a good conscience on the proceeds.
- Logan Pearsall Smith (1865 - 1946), Afterthoughts (1931) "Other People"
- All Reformers, however strict their social conscience, live in houses just as big as they can pay for.
- Logan Pearsall Smith (1865 - 1946), Afterthoughts (1931) "Other People"
- Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
- Carl Sagan (1934 - 1996)
- Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.
- Arthur C. Clarke (1917 - )
- The sciences do not try to explain, they hardly even try to interpret, they mainly make models. By a model is meant a mathematical construct which, with the addition of certain verbal interpretations, describes observed phenomena. The justification of such a mathematical construct is solely and precisely that it is expected to work.
- Johann Von Neumann (1903 - 1957)
- Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
- C. S. Lewis (1898 - 1963)
- I've seen too much hate to want to hate, myself, and every time I see it, I say to myself, hate is too great a burden to bear. Somehow we must be able to stand up against our most bitter opponents and say: We shall match your capacity to inflict suffering by our capacity to endure suffering. We will meet your physical force with soul force. Do to us what you will and we will still love you.... But be assured that we'll wear you down by our capacity to suffer, and one day we will win our freedom. We will not only win freedom for ourselves; we will appeal to your heart and conscience that we will win you in the process, and our victory will be a double victory.
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968), A Christmas Sermon for Peace on Dec 24, 1967
- I don't play accurately-any one can play accurately- but I play with wonderful expression. As far as the piano is concerned, sentiment is my forte. I keep science for Life.
- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), Algernon from The Importance of Being Earnest
- Science is the only true guide in life.
- Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (1881 - 1938), Founder of modern Turkey 22.09.1924
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