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“Certain souls seem hard because they are capable of strong feelings, and they sometimes go to rather extreme lengths; their apparent unconcern and cruelty are but ways, known only to themselves, of feeling more strongly than others.”

Way Soul Sometimes Hard Feelings Wisdom Seems Certain Time Strong Change Ability Known Knowledge Strength Capable Extremes Cruelty Length Strong Feeling

Book:The 120 days of Sodom and other writings

Source: The 120 days of Sodom and other writings

“What we know is not capable of being otherwise; of things capable of being otherwise we do not know, when they have passed outsideour observation, whether they exist or not. Therefore the object of knowledge is of necessity. Therefore it is eternal; for things that are of necessity in the unqualified sense are all eternal; and things that are eternal are ungenerated and imperishable.”

Knows Knowledge Objects Eternal Capable Eternity Observation Unqualified

Book:Complete Works of Aristotle, Volume 2: The Revised Oxford Translation

Source: Complete Works of Aristotle, Volume 2: The Revised Oxford Translation

“We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us, and the more we gain, the more is our desire; the more we see, the more we are capable of seeing.”

Inspirational Mind Desire Asks Change Knowledge Seeing Capable Gains Hunger Educational

Author:Maria Mitchell

“Human beings act in a great variety of irrational ways, but all of them seem to be capable, if given a fair chance, of making a reasonable choice in the light of available evidence. Democratic institutions can be made to work only if all concerned do their best to impart knowledge and to encourage rationality. But today, in the world's most powerful democracy, the politicians and the propagandists prefer to make nonsense of democratic procedures by appealing almost exclusively to the ignorance and irrationality of the electors.”

Source: Complete Essays: 1956-1963, and supplement, 1920-1948

“We frail humans are at one time capable of the greatest good and, at the same time, capable of the greatest evil. Change will only come about when each of us takes up the daily struggle ourselves to be more forgiving, compassionate, loving, and above all joyful in the knowledge that, by some miracle of grace, we can change as those around us can change too.”

Humans Time Evil Compassion Knowledge Struggle Grace Capable Miracle Forgiving Compassionate One Time Joyful Frail Daily Struggle

Author:Mairead Corrigan

“In order that the facts obtained by observation and experiment may be capable of being used in furtherance of our exact and solid knowledge, they must be apprehended and analysed according to some Conceptions which, applied for this purpose, give distinct and definite results, such as can be steadily taken hold of and reasoned from.”

Giving May Reason Facts Science Used Purpose Order Results Knowledge Taken Capable Experiments Observation Conception Definite

Book:Novum Organon Renovatum

Source: Novum Organon Renovatum