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No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will be simple in retrospect.


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I believe in evil. It is the property of all those who are certain of truth. Despair and fanaticism are only differing manifestations of evil.



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The extinction of the human race will come from its inability to EMOTIONALLY comprehend the exponential function.



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Science attempts to find logic and simplicity in nature. Mathematics attempts to establish order and simplicity in human thought.



We must learn to live with contradictions, because they lead to deeper and more effective understanding.

We must learn to live with contradictions, because they lead to deeper and more effective understanding.



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Had we not pursued the hydrogen bomb, there is a very real threat that we would now all be speaking Russian. I have no regrets.



I think that intellectuals who end up in hell will have to read page proofs and check indexes there.

I think that intellectuals who end up in hell will have to read page proofs and check indexes there.



A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty. A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants to believe. It is guilty, until found effective.

A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty. A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants to believe. It is guilty, until found effective.





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