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“To reflect on the essence of the Creator ... is forbidden to the human intellect because of the severance of all relation between the two existences.”

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Muhammad Abduh

Muhammad Abduh (1849-1905) was an Islamic scholar, reformer, and thinker whose life and ideas had a profound impact on the modern Islamic world. more

“Racism is when you have laws set up, systematically put in a way to keep people from advancing, to stop the advancement of a people. Black people have never had the power to enforce racism, and so this is something that white America is going to have to work out themselves. If they decide they want to stop it, curtail it, or to do the right thing... then it will be done, but not until then.”

People Ifs Way Want Done America Law Black White Racism Work Out Right Thing Black People Advancement Advancing Black Racism White Racism

Author:Spike Lee

“Do the Right Thing' was my first union film. I looked at the rosters, and for the most part, it was white males. Especially the Teamsters. So we had some conversations.”

Firsts Film White Conversation Unions Males Right Thing Rosters

Author:Spike Lee

“Very, very slowly, the dwarf remnants of what was once our mighty sun will cool and dim, until it embarks on its final metamorphosis, gradually solidifying into a crystal of extraordinary rigidity. Eventually it will fade out completely, merging quietly into the blackness of space.”

Space Sun Extraordinary Finals Fades Crystals Blackness Metamorphosis Dwarfs Rigidity Dwarves Remnants Merging

Book:The Last Three Minutes: Conjectures About The Ultimate Fate Of The Universe

Source: The Last Three Minutes: Conjectures About The Ultimate Fate Of The Universe

“Many billions of years will elapse before the smallest, youngest stars complete their nuclear burning and shrink into white dwarfs. But with slow, agonizing finality perpetual night will surely fall.”

Years Night Fall Stars White Nuclear Billions Burning Perpetual Smallest Shrinks Dwarfs Finality Agonizing

Book:The Last Three Minutes: Conjectures About The Ultimate Fate Of The Universe

Source: The Last Three Minutes: Conjectures About The Ultimate Fate Of The Universe

“Although gravity is by far the weakest force of nature, its insidious and cumulative action serves to determine the ultimate fate not only of individual astronomical objects but of the entire cosmos. The same remorseless attraction that crushes a star operates on a much grander scale on the universe as a whole.”

Source: The Last Three Minutes: Conjectures About The Ultimate Fate Of The Universe

“The secret of our success on planet Earth is space. Lots of it. Our solar system is a tiny island of activity in an ocean of emptiness.”

Earth Space Secret Planets Activity Ocean Tiny Islands Emptiness Planet Earth Solar System

Book:The Last Three Minutes: Conjectures About The Ultimate Fate Of The Universe

Source: The Last Three Minutes: Conjectures About The Ultimate Fate Of The Universe

“Although the elusive 'cure' may be a distant dream, understanding the true nature of cancer will enable it to be better controlled and less menacing.”

May Dream Understanding Cancer Cures Controlled Elusive True Nature

Author:Paul Davies

“In science, a healthy skepticism is a professional necessity, whereas in religion, having belief without evidence is regarded as a virtue.”

Belief Virtue Healthy Evidence Skepticism

Author:Paul Davies

“To expect alien technology to be just a few decades ahead of ours is too incredible to be taken seriously.”

Technology Taken Incredibles Decades Aliens

Author:Paul Davies

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