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Quote by Luther Burbank

“As a scientist, I can not help feeling that all religions are on a tottering foundation. None is perfect or inspired.The idea that a good God would send people to a burning hell is utterly damnable to me. I don't want to have anything to do with such a God.”

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Luther Burbank

Luther Burbank, an American botanist known as the 'Edison of Botany', dedicated his life to plant breeding. Through continuous experimentation, he developed hundreds of new plant varieties, profoundly impacting horticulture and agriculture. more

“A theory of personal resurrection or reincarnation of the individual is untenable when we but pause to consider the magnitude of the idea. On the contrary, I must believe that rather than the survival of all, we must look for survival only in the spirit of the good we have done in passing through.Once obsolete, an automobile is thrown to the scrap heap. Once here and gone, the human life has likewise served its purpose. If it has been a good life, it has been sufficient. There is no need for another.”

“A wise man will always allow a fool to rob him of ideas without yelling “Thief.” If he is wise he has not been impoverished. Nor has the fool been enriched. The thief flatters us by stealing. We flatter him by complaining.”

Ifs Men Ideas Wise Fool Complaining Stealing Thieves Yelling

Book:A child of the century

Source: A child of the century

“There's one thing that keeps surprising you about stormy old friends after they die - their silence.”

Death Dies Silence One Thing Surprising Old Friends Stormy Death Of A Friend

Author:Ben Hecht

“We believe we're moving out of the Ice Age, the Iron Age, the Industrial Age, the Information Age, to the participation age. You get on the Net and you do stuff. You IM (instant message), you blog, you take pictures, you publish, you podcast, you transact, you distance learn, you telemedicine. You are participating on the Internet, not just viewing stuff. We build the infrastructure that goes in the data center that facilitates the participation age. We build that big friggin' Webtone switch. It has security, directory, identity, privacy, storage, compute, the whole Web services stack.”

“In the din and tumult of the age, the still small voice of Jerusalem remains our only music.”

Stills Age Voice Remains Jerusalem Tumult Small Voice

Book:A Religion of Truth, Justice and Peace: A Challenge to Church and Synagogue to Lead in the Realization of the Social and Peace Gospel of the Hebrew Prophets

Source: A Religion of Truth, Justice and Peace: A Challenge to Church and Synagogue to Lead in the Realization of the Social and Peace Gospel of the Hebrew Prophets

“Growing up in England, people told you why you couldn't do things. Suddenly, I had a publisher banging on my door, and was given the creative green light to simply make.”

People Light Given Creative Growing Up Growing Doors England Green Publishers Banging Green Lights

Author:Nick Bantock

“I had never read in public, never given an interview. I was doing it all and trying to produce the next book and raise three young kids and had another child on the way.”

Way Trying Children Book Kids Young Three Next Given Produce Raises Interviews

Author:Nick Bantock

“There are many people that we meet in our lives. But only a very few will make a lasting impression on our minds and hearts.”

People Mind Heart Our Lives Impression Lasting Heart And Mind Lasting Impressions

Author:Susan Polis Schutz

“I've successfully lobbied and testified for stalking laws in several states, but I would trade them all for a high school class that would teach young men how to hear “no,” and teach young women that it's all right to explicitly reject.”

Men States School Law Young Class Teach High School Trade Young Man Rejects Young Women Stalking High School Class

Book:Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe (and Parents Sane)