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43 quotes
American novelist
“Men go to far greater lengths to avoid what they fear than to obtain what they desire.”
"Even the technology that promises to unite us, divides us. Each of us is now electronically connected to the globe, and yet we feel utterly alone."
on Technology
"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who will guard the guards?"
on Philosophy
"Science tells me God must exist.My mind tells me I'll never understand God.My heart tells me I'm not meant to. [Vittoria Vetra]"
on Faith
"The only difference between you and God is that you have forgotten you are divine."
"History, if it has taught us anything at all, has taught us that the strange ideas we deride today will one day be our celebrated truths."
on History
"When a question has no correct answer, there is only one honest response.The gray area between yes and no.Silence."
on Critical Thinking
"The most dangerous enemy is that which no one fears."
on Fear
"Nothing is more creative... nor destructive... than a brilliant mind with a purpose."
on Wisdom
"Faith ― acceptance of which we imagine to be true, that which we cannot prove."
"Buddha had said:"Each of us is a God. Each of us knows all. We need only open our minds to hear our own wisdom."
"The laws of physics is the canvas God laid down on which to paint his masterpiece"
"The power of human thought grows exponentially with the number of minds that share that thought."
"Knowledge grows exponentially. The more we know, the greater our ability to learn, and the faster we expand our knowledge base."
on Knowledge
"Knowledge is a tool, and like all tools, its impact is in the hands of the user."
"Knowledge is power, and the right knowledge lets man perform miraculous, almost godlike tasks."
on Power
"That is the definition of faith - acceptance of that which we imagine to be true, that which we cannot prove."
"…In the end we are all just searching for truth, that which is greater than ourselves."
on Truth
"God is found in the collection of Many. . . rather than in the One."
"The more man learned, the more he realized he did not know."
"He warned that any church that ignored reality would not survive to enjoy the divine."
