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“memory is a storm I can't repel.”

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Dilys Laing (1906-1960) was an English poet known for her unique poetic style and profound depiction of nature. Her works are filled with love for life and reverence for nature, showcasing deep emotional and philosophical reflections. more

“... all progress in knowledge takes place through the correction of that which has been received on authority ... without the huge body of traditional knowledge, accurate and inaccurate together, there would be nothing even to correct. Progress is not made in spite of authority, but by means of it.”

Mean Has Beens Made Body Would Be Together Progress Huge Authority Traditional Spite Accurate Corrections

Book:The Venture of Rational Faith

Source: The Venture of Rational Faith

“The spiritual is not the emotional; we may receive spiritual things emotionally, but to receive them rationally we must receive them with the mind and the will; we must act on them, we must experiment on them, we must let them permeate our consciousness.”

Mind May Spiritual Consciousness Emotional Experiments

Book:The Venture of Rational Faith

Source: The Venture of Rational Faith

“Whatever helps to shape the human being - to make the individual what he is, or hinder him from being what he is not - is part of his education.”

Humans Helping Individual Growth Human Beings Shapes Hinder

Book:Inaugural Addresse, Delivered to the University of St. Andrews: Feb. 1st 1867

Source: Inaugural Addresse, Delivered to the University of St. Andrews: Feb. 1st 1867

“Strong impulses are but another name for energy. Energy may be turned to bad uses; but more good may always be made of an energetic nature, than of an indolent and impassive one.”

May Made Use Names Energy Strong Impulse Energetic

Book:On Liberty

Source: On Liberty

“The moral influence of woman over man is almost always salutary.”

Men Moral Influence Morality

Author:John Stuart Mill

“Any society which is not improving is deteriorating, and the more so the closer and more familiar it is. Even a really superior man almost always begins to deteriorate when he is habitually king of his company.”

Men Company Progress Kings Familiar Superiors Improving Superior Man Deteriorating

Book:On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays

Source: On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays

“The philosophy of reasoning, to be complete, ought to comprise the theory of bad as well as of good reasoning.”

Wells Reason Philosophy Theory Ought Reasoning

Book:A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive: Being a Connected View of the Principles of Evidence and the Methods of Scientific Investigation

Source: A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive: Being a Connected View of the Principles of Evidence and the Methods of Scientific Investigation

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