“A human being is million times bigger than a bacteria, planet Earth is million times bigger than a human being. So human beings are just bacteria thriving on Earth's skin. Science gives facts. The egolessness required to sink in those facts comes from spirituality.”
“It isn't wise to base on courage to face the unknown,folly is absurd the only thing that can literary and actually truly stand the unknown which is based on facts truly.”
“The reality of faith is far better than the fantasy of facts.”
“Historians must, of course, present both sides of the argument, but they do not have to be neutral. I hope that I have treated the facts, as far as they can be determined with accuracy, as sacred, but I cannot hide my conviction”
Source: A Great and Glorious Adventure: A History of the Hundred Years War and the Birth of Renaissance England
“All trash were once something of value”
“It's not just that I don't like prom. I also don't like people who like prom," I explained, although, this was, in point of fact untrue. (book is Paper Towns)”
“Factfulness, like a healthy diet and regular exercise, can and should become part of your daily life. Start to practice it, and you will be able to replace your overdramatic worldview with a worldview based on facts.”
Source: Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
“Critical thinking is always difficult, but it's almost impossible when we are scared. There's no room for facts when our minds are occupied by fear.”
Source: Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
“The huge reduction of deaths from natural disasters is yet another trend to add to the pile of mankind's ignored, unknown success stories.”
Source: Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
“The numbers will never tell the full story of what life on Earth is all about.”
Source: Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think