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“Were it not for gravity one man might hurl another by a puff of his breath into the depths of space, beyond recall for all eternity.”

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Roger Joseph Boscovich

Roger Joseph Boscovich was a prominent physicist, born on May 18, 1711, and died on February 13, 1787. He made significant contributions to the field of physics, particularly in optics and mechanics. more

“If we had nothing but pecuniary rewards and worldly honours to look to, our profession would not be one to be desired. But in its practice you will find it to be attended with peculiar privileges, second to none in intense interest and pure pleasures. It is our proud ofﬁce to tend the fleshly tabernacle of the immortal spirit, and our path, rightly followed, will be guided by unfettered truth and love unfeigned. In the pursuit of this noble and holy calling I wish you all God-speed.”

“The really important questions in human life are hardly touched upon by psychologists. Do liars come to believe their own lies? Is pleasure the same as happiness? Is it better to have loved and lost than never to have loved, or not to be able to love?”

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“The obstacles that distract thought are disease, apathy, doubt, carelessness, indolence, dissipation, false vision, failure to attain a firm basis in yoga, and restlessness.”

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“Would you rather Test-First, or Debug-Later ?”

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“Psychologists pay lip service to the scientific method, and use it whenever it is convenient; but when it isn't they make wild leaps of their uncontrolled fancy.”

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“Insight is not the same as scientific deduction, but even at that it may be more reliable than statistics.”

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“The frequency of disastrous consequences in compound fracture, contrasted with the complete immunity from danger to life or limb in simple fracture, is one of the most striking as well as melancholy facts in surgical practice.”

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