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“This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle; wonderful, inscrutable, magical and more, to whosoever will think of it.”

“Do not be embarrassed by your mistakes. Nothing can teach us better than our understanding of them. This is one of the best ways of self-education.”

“This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle; wonderful, inscrutable, magical and more, to whosoever will think of it.”

“Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance.”

“By nature man hates change; seldom will he quit his old home till it has actually fallen around his ears.”

“That is why enemies can be great motivators. They serve as fuel for your fire.”

“It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not weakness, that is life.”

“No Gods Or Kings. Only Man. -Andrew Ryan”

“The person who wishes to attain human perfection should study logic first, next mathematics, then physics, and, lastly, metaphysics.”

“The essence of technology is by no means anything technological.”

“At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear.”