Saturday, April 25, 2009

The Genius of "Reality"


Some quotes I found on Alternet:

“‘Reality’ is the only word in the English language that should always be used in quotes.”—Unknown

We have to remember that what we observe is not nature in itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning.—Werner Heisenberg

All great truths begin as blasphemies.— George Bernard Shaw

The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.— Archibald MacLeish

It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is the majority. Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.— Giordano Bruno

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.— Democritus of Abdera

Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assaults of thoughts on the unthinking.— John Maynard Keynes

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity...and I'm not sure about the universe.— Albert Einstein

And this little gem I found in an article by sci-fi fantasy artist Stephen Hickman

The Three Essentials of Genius

An eye that can see Nature,
A heart that can feel Nature,
And a boldness that dares follow it.

The Celtic Triads

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