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“To misuse one's talent, to be cavalier about it, to set it aside because of fear or sloth is unpardonable.”

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James Lee Burke is an American author born on December 5, 1936. Known for his unique detective and crime novels, Burke's works are renowned for their deep Southern setting and complex character development. more

“We do not belong to this material world that science constructs for us. We are not in it; we are outside. We are only spectators. The reason why we believe that we are in it, that we belong to the picture, is that our bodies are in the picture. Our bodies belong to it. Not only my own body, but those of my friends, also of my dog and cat and horse, and of all the other people and animals. And this is my only means of communicating with them.”

People World Believe Mean Reason Body My Own Animal Dog Materials My Friends Cat Horse Communicate Reason Why Constructs My Dog Spectators Material World Cat And Dog

Author:Erwin Schrodinger

“The brain can be seen as a complex machine, like a gooey computer.”

Brain Computer Machines Complexes

Book:Introducing Philosophy: Problems and Perspectives

Source: Introducing Philosophy: Problems and Perspectives

“A meter of green is greener than a centimeter.”

Green Meter Greener

Author:Paul Gauguin

“I have had to make a cross of two logs, and lie down on it, to show the Indians what it means to crucify a man.”

Men Mean Two Shows Lying Crosses

Author:Jim Elliot

“Those whimpering Stateside young people will wake up on the Day of Judgment condemned to worse fates than these demon-fearing Indians, because, having a Bible, they were bored with it - while these never heard of such a thing as writing.”

People Writing Young Fate Heard Judgment Wake Up Bored Demon

Author:Jim Elliot

“The doctrine of the Trinity...is truth for the heart. The fact that it can not be satisfactorily explained, instead of being against it, is in its favor. Such a truth had to be revealed; no one could imagine it.”

Heart Facts Imagine Favors Doctrine Can Not Trinity

Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer

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