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“In art, there is one thing which does not receive sufficient attention. The element which is left to the human will is not nearly so large as people think.”

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Author:Charles Baudelaire

“Humiliating to human pride as it may be, we must recognize that the advance and even the preservation of civilization are dependent upon a maximum of opportunity for accidents to happen.”

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Author:Friedrich August von Hayek

“Get into the habit of doing what you see, not what you know. Human reason cannot foresee the accidents of out-of-doors.”

Knows Humans Reason Doors Habit Accidents Human Reason

Author:Charles Webster Hawthorne

“So be it. God created profoundly fallible creatures on this earth, and human history is mostly the story of error and accident.”

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Author:Michael A. Ledeen

“That we suffer so much today under whatsoever flag we live is proof positive that constitutions and laws, when framed by the early advocates of human liberty, never included and were never intended for us as a people. It is only a question of sheer accident that we happen to be fellow citizens today with the descendants of those who, through their advocacy, laid the foundation for human rights.”

Source: Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey

“The more human beings proceed by plan the more effectively they may be hit by accident”

Humans May Human Beings Plans Accidents

Author:Bill Vaughan

“In my opinion, neither organisms nor organizations evolve slowly and surely into something better, but drift until some small change occurs which has immediate and overwhelming significance. The special role of the human being is not to wait for these favorable accidents but deliberately to introduce the small change that will have great significance.”

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Author:Edwin Land

“The human race, my intuition tells me, is not outside the cosmic process and is not an accident. It is as much a part of the universe as the trees, the mountains, the aurora, and the stars.”

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Book:Alone: The Classic Polar Adventure

Source: Alone: The Classic Polar Adventure