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Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.
Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.
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You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you don't trust enough.
You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you don't trust enough.
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The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.
The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.
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The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
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The common dogma [of fundamentalists] is fear of modern knowledge, inability to cope with the fast change in a scientific-technological society, and the real breakdown in apparent moral order in recent years.... That is why hate is the major fuel, fear is the cement of the movement, and superstitious ignorance is the best defense against the dangerous new knowledge. ... When you bring up arguments that cast serious doubts on their cherished beliefs you are not simply making a rhetorical point, you are threatening their whole Universe and their immortality. That provokes anger and quite frequently violence. ... Unfortunately you cannot reason with them and you even risk violence in confronting them. Their numbers will decline only when society stabilizes, and adapts to modernity.
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The common dogma [of fundamentalists] is fear of modern knowledge, inability to cope with the fast change in a scientific-technological society, and the real breakdown in apparent moral order in recent years.... That is why hate is the major fuel, fear is the cement of the movement, and superstitious ignorance is the best defense against the dangerous new knowledge. ... When you bring up arguments that cast serious doubts on their cherished beliefs you are not simply making a rhetorical point, you are threatening their whole Universe and their immortality. That provokes anger and quite frequently violence. ... Unfortunately you cannot reason with them and you even risk violence in confronting them. Their numbers will decline only when society stabilizes, and adapts to modernity.
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It is not bigotry to be certain we are right; but it is bigotry to be unable to imagine how we might possibly have gone wrong.
It is not bigotry to be certain we are right; but it is bigotry to be unable to imagine how we might possibly have gone wrong.
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One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.
One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.
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An absolute can only be given in
An absolute can only be given in
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Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.
Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.
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Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart, for his purity, by definition, is unassailable.
Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart, for his purity, by definition, is unassailable.
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I've put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant, and that's the only way of insuring one's immortality.
I've put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant, and that's the only way of insuring one's immortality.
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Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we often might win, by fearing to attempt.
Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we often might win, by fearing to attempt.
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If you must tell me your opinions, tell me
If you must tell me your opinions, tell me
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Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.
Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.
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Unthinking faith is a curious offering to be
Unthinking faith is a curious offering to be
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We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge.
We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge.
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Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what
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Every generalization is dangerous, especially this
Every generalization is dangerous, especially this
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Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know that so it goes on flying anyway.
Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know that so it goes on flying anyway.
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To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.
To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.
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