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“Science remains the author of our major problem, in its gift of tremendous power that has been terribly abused; but for the wise use of this power we need more, not less, of the objective dispassionate scientific spirit. For our philosophical purposes we need more of its integrity and its basic humility, its respect at once for the fact and the mystery.”

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Author:Herbert J. Muller

“In common discourse we denominate persons and things according to the major part of their character; he is to be called a wise man who has but few follies.”

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Book:Logic: Or, The Right Use of Reason, in the Inquiry After Truth

Source: Logic: Or, The Right Use of Reason, in the Inquiry After Truth

“Indeed the worthy housewife was of such a capricious nature, that she not only attained a higher pitch of genius than Macbeth, in respect of her ability to be wise, amazed, temperate and furious, loyal and neutral in an instant, but would sometimes ring the changes backwards and forwards on all possible moods and flights in one short quarter of an hour; performing, as it were, a kind of triple bob major on the peal of instruments in the female belfry, with a skilfulness and rapidity of execution that astonished all who heard her.”

“Wise kings wear shabby clothes, and leave the gold lace to the drum major.”

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Author:George Bernard Shaw

“What's crucial about being an executive producer is that you stay in the loop, information-wise. They have to share all their major decisions with you.”

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Author:Emma Donoghue

“The third major characteristic of God - "infinitude" - is the catchall, the universal modifier of Christian theology. God is not merely a being; he is infinite being. God is not merely good; he is infinite goodness. God is not merely wise; he is infinite wisdom. And so on down the list. God is exaggeration run amuck.”

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Book:Atheism: The Case Against God

Source: Atheism: The Case Against God

“I have always taken the view that sometimes war may be justified, as police action can be justified, to protect the weak and vulnerable (a major preoccupation in scripture). But this is an old and difficult question and very wise people take different views.”