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"The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did not know."
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"Advances in medicine and agriculture have saved vastly more lives than have been lost in all the wars in history."

"And a step backward, after making a wrong turn, is a step in the right direction."

"If you take it step by step, you shall least miss a step!"

"You may not have finished today but the work you did got you closer than if you would have done nothing."

"The present moment is nice but it does not last. Living in it is like waiting in a junction town for the morning limited; the junction may be interesting but some day you will have to leave it and you do not know where the limited will take you."

"Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and commerce."

"You have become more and therefore expect more, but never become too purpose-driven to step back and realize just how far you have progressed."
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"Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which knows the plenitude of the soul."

"Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a world event."

"If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace."

"The subconscious is ceaselessly murmuring, and it is by listening to these murmurs that one hears the truth."

"Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their splendor, images effect a very simple communion of souls."

"One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it."
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