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- A consistent pursuit of classical physics forces a transformation in the very heart of that physics.
- Werner Heisenberg, Philosophical Problems of Nuclear Science, New York: Fawcett 1966, p.13
- Einstein's space is no closer to reality than Van Gogh's sky. The glory of science is not in a truth more absolute than the truth of Bach or Tolstoy, but in the act of creation itself. The scientist's discoveries impose his own order on chaos, as the composer or painter imposes his; an order that always refers to limited aspects of reality, and is based on the observer's frame of reference, which differs from period to period as a Rembrant nude differs from a nude by Manet.
- Arthur Koestler (1905 - 1983), The Act of Creation, London, 1970, p. 253
- In matters of conscience, the law of majority has no place.
- Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)
- The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists - that is why they invented hell.
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
- Observance of customs and laws can very easily be a cloak for a lie so subtle that our fellow human beings are unable to detect it. It may help us to escape all criticism, we may even be able to deceive ourselves in the belief of our obvious righteousness. But deep down, below the surface of the average man's conscience, he hears a voice whispering, "There is something not right," no matter how much his rightness is supported by public opinion or by the moral code.
- Carl G. Jung, in the introduction to Frances G. Wickes' "Analysis der Kinderseele" (The Inner World of Childhood), 1931
- Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense.
- Thomas H. Huxley (1825 - 1895)
- In our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either.
- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
- The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.
- Thomas Henry Huxley
- Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense.
- Thomas H. Huxley (1825 - 1895)
- There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact.
- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
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