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Religious literature

Whether a Million of Angels may not sit upon a needle's point?

William Chillingworth

1637

★ 6.9

The Creator, if He exists, has a special preference for beetles.

1951

★ 5.2

All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible. This I did.

The Seven Pillars of Wisdom · 1926

★ 5.1

The best evidence we have that time travel is not possible, and never will be, is that we have not been invaded by hordes of tourists from the future.

Stephen Hawking

1991

★ 5.1

What the detective story is about is not murder but the restoration of order.

1986

★ 4.5

Scientific literature

What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe?...Why does the universe go to all the bother of existing?

Stephen Hawking

A Brief History of Time · 1988

★ 3.6

In many a piece of music, it's the pause or the rest that gives the piece its beauty and its shape.

The Art of Stillness · 2014

★ 3.6

In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention.

The Art of Stillness · 2014

★ 3.5

Now, my own suspicion is that the universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose... I suspect that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of, or can be dreamed of, in any philosophy.

1927

★ 3.4

Philosophical literature

We are paternalists when we make someone act in his own interests.

1984

★ 1.9

Scientific literature

If we find the answer to that, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason-for then we would know the mind of God.

Stephen Hawking

A Brief History of Time · 1988

★ 1.9

Scientific literature

In effect, we have redefined the task of science to be the discovery of laws that will enable us to predict events up to the limits set by the uncertainty principle.

Stephen Hawking

A Brief History of Time · 1988

★ 1.9

Philosophical literature

On all plausible theories, everyone’s well-being consists at least in part in being happy, and avoiding suffering.

2011

★ 1.9

In a world ordered by sexual imbalance, pleasure in looking has been split between active/male and passive/female. The determining male gaze projects its fantasy onto the female figure, which is styled accordingly.

1975

★ 1.8

Philosophical literature

The part of our moral theory... That covers how we affect future generations... Is the most important part of our moral theory, since the next few centuries will be the most important in human history.

1984

★ 1.8

Philosophical literature

Life can be wonderful as well as terrible, and we shall increasingly have the power to make life good. Since human history may be only just beginning, we can expect that future humans, or supra-humans, may achieve some great goods that we cannot now even imagine. In Nietzsche’s words, there has never been such a new dawn and clear horizon, and such an open sea.

2017

★ 1.8