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To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.

 

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I am large. I contain multitudes.

 

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To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.

 

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I always like a dog so long as he isn't spelled backward.

 

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think we are drawn to dogs because they are the uninhibited creatures we might be if we weren't certain we knew better. They fight for honor at the first challenge, make love with no moral restraint, and they do not for all their marvelous instincts appear to know about death. Being such wonderfully uncomplicated beings, they need us to do their worrying.

 

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We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults. Heaven has accorded this to us in the uncritical canine attachment.

 

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The more I see of man, the more I like dogs.

 

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Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

 

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I love a dog. He does nothing for political reasons.

 

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There are two ways to slide easily through life: to believe everything or to doubt everything; both ways save us from thinking

 

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It is better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot.

 

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Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it.

 

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When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also add that some things are more nearly certain than others.

 

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Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.

 

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deny, to believe, and to doubt absolutely -- this is for man what running is for a horse.

 

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We must learn our limits. We are all something, but none

 

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It is the tension between creativity and skepticism that has produced the stunning and unexpected findings of science.

 

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It seems to me what is called for is an exquisite balance between two conflicting needs: the most skeptical scrutiny of all hypotheses that are served up to us and at the same time a great openness to new ideas. If you are only skeptical, then no new ideas make it through to you. On the other hand, if you are open to the point of gullibility and have not an ounce of skeptical sense in you, then you cannot distinguish useful ideas from the worthless ones. (1987 lecture "The Burden of Skepticism")

 

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When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities.

 

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As we know, there are known knowns. There are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns. That is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns, the ones we don't know we don't know.



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