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Quote by Martin Burns

“I have found a beautiful summary of the way I work with organisations, and the values I seek to amplify.”

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Author:Martin Burns

“In them was not the savage blankness of the reptile species. Instead there was something far worse - burning, unquenchable rage mixed with the self-mocking irony of great intelligence.”

Self Species Rage Burning Irony Savages Reptiles Blankness

Author:Whitley Strieber

“Philosophy, though unable to tell us with certainty what is the true answer to the doubts which it raises, is able to suggest many possibilities which enlarge our thoughts and free them from the tyranny of custom.”

Philosophy Able Answers Doubt Possibility Raises Tyranny Certainty Customs Our Thoughts Dogmatism

Book:The Problems of Philosophy

Source: The Problems of Philosophy

“Once we have taken the backward step to an abstract view of our whole system of beliefs, evidence, and justification, and seen that it works only, despite its pretensions, by taking the world largely for granted, we are not in a position to contrast all these appearances with an alternative reality. We cannot shed our ordinary responses, and if we could it would leave us with no means of conceiving a reality of any kind.”