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“It is not the lie that passeth through the mind, but the lie that sinketh in and settleth in it, that doth the hurt.”

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Francis Bacon, a renowned philosopher, politician, and writer, served as the Lord Chancellor of England. He is best known for his profound philosophical thoughts and extensive literary works, which have had a lasting impact on the world. more

“It strikes me as unfair, and even in bad taste, to select a few of them for boundless admiration, attributing superhuman powers of mind and character to them. This has been my fate, and the contrast between the popular estimate of my powers and achievements and the reality is simply grotesque.”

Source: The World As I See It

“Let every student of nature take this as his rule, that whatever the mind seizes upon with particular satisfaction is to be held in suspicion.”

Mind Science Nature Doubt Students Particular Satisfaction Suspicion

Author:Francis Bacon

“Mere numbers cannot bring out ... the intimate essence of the experiment. This conviction comes naturally when one watches a subject at work. ... What things can happen! What reflections, what remarks, what feelings, or, on the other hand, what blind automatism, what absence of ideas! ... The experimenter judges what may be going on in [the subject's] mind, and certainly feels difficulty in expressing all the oscillations of a thought in a simple, brutal number, which can have only a deceptive precision. How, in fact, could it sum up what would need several pages of description!”

“Modern mathematics, that most astounding of intellectual creations, has projected the mind's eye through infinite time and the mind's hand into boundless space.”

Mind Hands Eye Science Space Modern Creation Intellectual Infinite Mathematics Boundless Infinite Time

Book:What Knowledge is of Most Worth? ...

Source: What Knowledge is of Most Worth? ...

“As preachers of the gospel of Jesus, do not expect worldly honors: these Jesus Christ neither took to himself, nor gave to his disciples.”

Jesus Christ Honor Jesus Christ Resurrection Preacher Disciple Worldly

Author:Adam Clarke

“Montaigne simply turns his mind loose and writes whatever he feels like writing. Mostly, he wants to say that reason is not a special, unique gift of human beings, marking us off from the rest of nature.”

Want Feels Writing Mind Humans Reason Science Turns Nature Human Beings Special Unique Simplicity Unique Gifts

Author:Lewis Thomas

“Nothing could have been worse for the development of my mind than Dr. Butler's school, as it was strictly classical, nothing else being taught, except a little ancient geography and history. The school as a means of education to me was simply a blank. During my whole life I have been singularly incapable of mastering any language. Especial attention was paid to versemaking, and this I could never do well. I had many friends, and got together a good collection of old verses, which by patching together, sometimes aided by other boys, I could work into any subject.”

Source: Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: the Evolution

“One of the biggest roles of science fiction is to prepare people to accept the future without pain and to encourage a flexibility of the mind. Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.”

People Should Mind Stories Pain Science Fiction Accepting Roles Politician Future Science Fiction Flexibility Detectives Without Pain Detective Stories

Author:Arthur C. Clarke

“Our mind is so fortunately equipped, that it brings us the most important bases for our thoughts without our having the least knowledge of this work of elaboration. Only the results of it become unconscious.”

Mind Important Science Results Bases Unconscious Our Thoughts

Author:Wilhelm Wundt

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