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"What then in the last resort are the truths of mankind? They are the irrefutable errors of mankind."

"Integrity means that we are trustworthy and dependable, and our character is above reproach."

"Telling lies is a really terrible thing. These days, lies and silence are the two greatest sins in human society you might say. In reality, we tell lots of lies, and we often break into silence. However, if we were constant;y talking year-round, and telling only the truth truth would probably lose some of its value."

"Both my parents had a great influence on me. I never heard my father use a profane or even a slang word. I always respected him because of his complete integrity. In his business dealings his handshake was like a contract. He was as good as his word. Of all the people I have ever known, my mother had the greatest influence on me."

"The truth sticks in our throats with all the sauces it is served with: it will never go down until we take it without any sauce at all."
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"Human beings, viewed as behaving systems, are quite simple. The apparent complexity of our behavior over time is largely a reflection of the complexity of the environment in which we find ourselves."

"Learning is any change in a system that produces a more or less permanent change in its capacity for adapting to its environment."

"Engineering, medicine, business, architecture and painting are concerned not with the necessary but with the contingent - not with how things are but with how they might be - in short, with design."

"One of the first rules of science is if somebody delivers a secret weapon to you, you better use it."

"The world is vast, beautiful, and fascinating, even awe-inspiring - but impersonal. It demands nothing of me, and allows me to demand nothing of it."

"All correct reasoning is a grand system of tautologies, but only God can make direct use of that fact."

"The engineer, and more generally the designer, is concerned with how things ought to be - how they ought to be in order to attain goals, and to function."
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