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So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. You’d better rearrange your beliefs, then. Because you certainly can’t rearrange the universe.

Isaac Asimov

He always pictured himself a libertarian, which to my way of thinking means “I want the liberty to grow rich and you can have the liberty to starve”. It’s easy to believe that no one should depend on society for help when you yourself happen not to need such help.
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Believe Easy Freedom Growth Liberty Photograph Rich Society
In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.
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The easiest way to solve a problem is to deny it exists.
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Easy Existence Ignorance Problem Way
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
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Human beings sometimes find a kind of pleasure in nursing painful emotions, in blaming themselves without reason or even against reason.
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Blame Deep Emotion Human Kind Pain Reason
The day you stop learning is the day you begin decaying.
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Beginning Day Learning Stop Yourself
Uncertainty that comes from knowledge (knowing what you don’t know) is different from uncertainty coming from ignorance.
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Different Ignorance Knowledge Philosophy Uncertain Yourself
I believe in evidence. I believe in observation, measurement, and reasoning, confirmed by independent observers. I’ll believe anything, no matter how wild and ridiculous, if there is evidence for it.
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If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
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Creation Ignorance Knowledge Philosophy Problem
The greatest weapons in the conquest of knowledge are an understanding mind and the inexorable curiosity that drives it on.
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There is an art to science, and a science in art; the two are not enemies, but different aspects of the whole.
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To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well.
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Was there anything more exciting in life than seeking answers?
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The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ but ‘That’s funny.’
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You don’t need to predict the future. Just choose a future – a good future, a useful future – and make the kind of prediction that will alter human emotions and reactions in such a way that the future you predicted will be brought about.
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It’s humbling to think that all animals, including human beings, are parasites of the plant world.
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So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. You’d better rearrange your beliefs, then. Because you certainly can’t rearrange the universe.

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So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. You’d better rearrange your beliefs, then. Because you certainly can’t rearrange the universe.

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