“A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.”
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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The experience of life consists of the
“The experience of life consists of the experience which the spirit has of itself in matter and as matter, in mind and as mind, in emotion, as emotion, etc.”
— Franz Kafka
Author: Franz Kafka
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Let us with caution indulge the supposition
“Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.”
— George Washington
Author: George Washington
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Talking with you is sort of the
“Talking with you is sort of the conversational equivalent of an out of body experience.”
— Bill Watterson
Author: Bill Watterson
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Our science fails to recognize those special
“Our science fails to recognize those special properties of life that make it fundamental to material reality. This view of the world – biocentrism – revolves around the way a subjective experience, which we call consciousness, relates to a physical process. It is a vast mystery and one that I have pursued my entire life.”
— Robert Lanza
Author: Robert Lanza
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Art is the imposing of a pattern
“Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern.”
— Alfred North Whitehead
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If a movie is really working, you
“If a movie is really working, you forget for two hours your Social Security number and where your car is parked. You are having a vicarious experience. You are identifying, in one way or another, with the people on the screen.”
— Roger Ebert
Author: Roger Ebert
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Reason, observation, and experience; the holy trinity
“Reason, observation, and experience; the holy trinity of science.”
— Robert Green Ingersoll
Author: Robert Green Ingersoll
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Magicians lose the opportunity to experience a
“Magicians lose the opportunity to experience a sense of wonder.”
— David Copperfield
Author: David Copperfield
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Although nature commences with reason and ends
“Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to do the opposite, that is to commence with experience and from this to proceed to investigate the reason.”
— Leonardo da Vinci
Author: Leonardo da Vinci
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Freedom. Freedom of religion. Freedom to speak
“Freedom. Freedom of religion. Freedom to speak their mind. Freedom to build a life. And yes, freedom to build a business. With their own hands. This is the essence of the American experience.”
— Mitt Romney
Author: Mitt Romney
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