T Quotes
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“The lore of our fathers is a fabric of sentences. In our hands it develops and changes, through more or less arbitrary and deliberate revisions and additions of our own, more or less directly occasioned by the continuing stimulation of our sense organs. It is a pale gray lore, black with fact and white with convention. But I have found no substantial reasons for concluding that there are any quite black threads in it, or any white ones.”
Source: The Ways of Paradox, and Other Essays
“The Lorentz transformations unambiguously show that Cartesian dualism is compatible with mainstream science, except this is not true dualism at all. The true reality is the absolute reality of frequency, of light, of mind, of c. The derived reality, the conditional, contingent reality is the relative reality of spacetime, of matter, of v. Therefore, idealism is true, and idealism can fully explain materialism. The reverse cannot be accomplished. Relative materialism cannot explain absolute idealism.”
Source: The Thinking Universe: Energy Is Thought
“The Lorentz transformations, when properly understood, are revealing a mathematical relation between mind and matter. Descartes argued that mind is unextended and matter extended, yet can interact with each other. The Lorentz transformations show how this actually works. Light is unextended, and matter is extended, yet matter is wholly defined relative to light, and cannot exist without light. Because light is absolute, it is eternal and necessary. Because matter is relative, it is temporal and contingent. It’s all in the math. The Lorentz transformations mathematically prove that idealism is true and materialism false. Idealism is absolute, and materialism relative (dependent, derived, created, caused)”
Source: The Language of Reality: The Answer to Existence
“The Lorentz transformations, with their absolute condition c (the speed of light, with light being massless, maximally length-contracted and time-dilated) show that the “physical” universe of matter, space and time actually exists within an Absolute Singularity of light.”
Source: Ontological Mathematics Versus Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity
“The lorries thunder through mile upon mile of farmland, indeed, but... it is obviously related to an urban economy... Dereliction is the word... The stigmata of neglect litter the highway {A80] almost all the way from Glasgow to Stirling... let the intelligent traveller consider as he passes through them the nature and provenance of Millerston, Mollinsburn, Cumbernauld and Dennyloanhead. It is impossible to traverse such communities without seeing that something rather horrible once happened to Scotland, something from which it has never recovered.”
Source: The Heart of Scotland
“The Los Angeles Air Pollution Control Board is established in 1946 in an effort to discover the cause of the brown cloud hanging over the city and decide how to combat and disperse it. In 1949, after intense lobbying from both the automobile and oil industries, and against the recommendations and position of the Los Angeles Air Pollution Control Board, the public rail system, which at one time was the largest in the world, and still serves a majority of the city's population, is decommissioned and torn out. It is replaced by a small fleet of buses.”
Source: Bright Shiny Morning
“The Los Angeles riots were not caused by the Rodney King verdict. The Los Angeles riots were caused by rioters.”
“The Los Angeles Times reported that sixty-three percent of American families are now considered dysfunctional. Good. 'Cause that means when Armageddon really happens, thirty-seven percent of this population is going to lose their minds. Oh my God, the world is over! Us sixty-three percent? We're going to go, Hey... there's no one watching the Lexus dealership! We're going to the Apocalypse with leather and a CD changer! You guys have been great. Thank you.”
“The Loser always fall in love with the past, the fool always fall in love with the future and the winner always fall in love with the present.”
“The loser is always a part of the problem; the winner is always a part of the answer. The loser always has an excuse; the winner always has a program. The loser says it may be possible, but it's difficult; the winner says it may be difficult, but it's possible.”
“The loser is usually the one who is ready to lose.
Fight, overcome difficulties, control your emotions – and you will win.”
“The loser, when a game of dice is done,
remains behind reviewing every roll
sadly, and sadly wiser, and alone.”
Source: The Purgatorio
“The losers in life think they have all the answers. They can’t learn because they’re too busy telling everyone what they know.”
“The Losing of Love . . . Like discovering a shard of heaven’s handwriting in the snowflake that has landed upon your hand, desperately wishing you could give such beauty to your best friend before it melts away. And what you are left with is an exquisite regret—the eloquent conspiracy of memory—of the moment lived and the moment wished for that never will arrive.”
Source: The Legacy Letters: his Wife, his Children, his Final Gift
“The losing side is full of suspicion.”
“The loss is a gain.
The gain is a loss.”
“The loss just made me hungry; it made me want to go out and win another title.”
“The loss of a beloved connection awakens an interest in Heaven before unfelt.”
“The loss of a child exploits the emotions of each individual it encounters.”
“The loss of a child is my greatest nightmare.”
“The loss of a child is the most terrifying place for me to go.”
“The loss of a friend is like that of a limb; time may heal the anguish of the wound, but the loss cannot be repaired.”
Source: Southey's Common-place Book
“The loss of a job may be the wake up-call needed to redeem the fire of your genius.”
“The loss of a loved one is by far the worst thing most people ever go through. Does anyone ever get over the death of someone close? Doubtful. The best anyone can do is come to terms with the loss, find peace and comfort, and maybe eventually inspiration in having known the loved one.”
“The loss of a loved one is like the loss of a part of oneself; an arm or a leg. At first, the pain is so physical that it is hard to ignore. The trauma is so intense that the mind finds it hard to cope with the loss. With time the pain eases, the body recovers and the brain figures out new ways to go on.”
Source: The Sea Of Forgotten Memories
“The loss of a mother is a partial loss of the self. It was for me. Her death cast me adrift, for she took with her her memory, both spoken and untold. She took all she might have divulged about herself, about me, for from the moment she passed, from the moment I watched her face soften and ease as she took death's hand. . . .a myriad of questions I might have asked descended on me like a sudden sleeve of rain. With her went all that possibility.”
Source: Bag Lady: A Memoir
“The loss of a mother is always keenly felt, even if her health be such as to incapacitate her from taking an active part in the care of the family. She is the sweet rallying-point for affection, obedience, and a thousand tendernesses. Dreary the blank when she is withdrawn!”
“The loss of a much-prized treasure is only half felt when we have not regarded its tenure as secure.”
“The loss of a parent or a family member lingers long after they're gone, the pain lessening but never fading. Years later, you'll still find yourself thinking that you'd do anything to get them back.”
Source: From Blood and Ash
“The loss of a reliance on others often helpfully forces a more sophisticated rumination that enables the opening of previously unknown avenues.”
Source: Coinman: An Untold Conspiracy
“The loss of a sense adds as much beauty to the world as its acquisition.”
Source: In Search of Lost Time: Or
“The loss of a sexual life is one of the worst things about getting really old. The worst thing.”
“The loss of all five senses seems to mean the loss of the individual’s connection with an external reality. What this might mean is the individual would come to solely rely on an internal reality. An internal reality is abstract and therefore hard to conceptualize. This also means an internal reality has little to no basis in the hard sciences...This person might be able to form new beliefs by going over memories stored within their brain despite no longer having a connection to the outside world. Memories could be another component of the internal reality, but only as long as that person lived long enough with some of the five senses to form memories, and then the five senses were removed.”
Source: Consciousness: Observer or Controller?: Rethinking the Essence of Mind
“The loss of an eager and unrestrained longing for someone or the lack of an unyielding desire of momentous incidents in life may blur the peculiar aura and the soothing tint of contingent encounters. ( “Twilight of desire “ )”
“The loss of any army is always caused by underestimating the enemy. Therefore gather information and watch the enemy carefully.”
“The loss of body hair is interesting to anthropologists, because it is a feature that distinguishes us from our nearest living relatives, chimpanzees. They have body hair, we don't.”
“The loss of candor is grievous, and in my opinion it may yet prove to be mortal, because if we cannot discuss our problems in plain speech that describes reality, it is unlikely that we will be able to solve them.”
“The loss of control you fear is already in the past.”
“The loss of Eden is personally experienced by every one of us as we leave the wonder and magic and also the pains and terrors of childhood.”
“The loss of empathy is also the loss of humanity, and that's no small tradeoff.”
Source: High Tide in Tucson : Essays from Now or Never
“The loss of enemies does not compensate for the loss of friends.”
Source: Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 2: 1859-1865: Library of America #46
“The loss of fortune to a true man is but the trumpet challenge to renewed exertion, not the thunder stroke of destruction.”
“The loss of free will I find unacceptable - what most of us refer to as rights.”
“The loss of freedom represents a profound threat to individuals and societies alike. It undermines fundamental human rights, stifles creativity and innovation, and erodes the foundations of democratic governance. When individuals are deprived of the ability to express themselves, make choices freely, or participate fully in civic life, the fabric of society weakens. Moreover, restrictions on freedom can lead to increased inequality, social unrest, and a diminished quality of life for all. Preserving and defending freedom is therefore not merely a matter of personal preference but a vital safeguard against tyranny and oppression, ensuring a future where dignity, justice, and progress prevail.”
“The loss of friends is a tax on age!”
“The loss of her and of Nevaharday shattered my soul into what I thought were irreparable pieces. The pain was unbeara¬ble, but I dreamt of her often. Those dreams were my solace.”
Source: Lost Prince of Nevaharday
“The loss of her is already too much and then there’s the other thing – the end of being loved in the way only my sister could love me. What I feel for her survives and that hurts like battery acid every minute, but worse is that what she felt for me died with her. I will never be loved like that again.”
Source: An Isolated Incident
“The loss of his eye had been what guaranteed his life, and so, to Gaunt, it was beautiful.”
Source: In Memoriam
“The loss of hunger regulation after the age of four is a phenomenon that transcends cultures and continents.”
Source: First Bite: How We Learn to Eat
“The loss of illusions and the discovery of identity, though painful at first, can be ultimately exhilarating and strengthening.”
Source: Toward a Psychology of Being