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A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course of centuries, elements difficult at times to justify by logic, but justifying themselves as paths when they lead somewhere, since they open up for man his inner distance. – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others. – John Locke

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Is there anything science should not try to explain? Science is knowledge and knowledge is power – power to do good or evil. Sometimes ignorance is bliss. – Paul Davies

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The true nature of soul is right knowledge, right faith and right conduct. The soul, so long as it is subject to transmigration, is undergoing evolution and involution. – Virchand Gandhi

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As a physician, I understand how important it is to collect data on people so we can understand whats happening with them. I will be in the position to help enable that knowledge. – Laurel Clark

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In war there is no substitute for victory. – Douglas MacArthur

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Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. – Ernest Hemingway (Thanks, Schanna)

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Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what is in books, for they speak with the voice of God. – George Washington Carver

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