Astronomers always work in the past; because light takes time to move from one place to another, they see things as they were, not as they are. – Neale E. Howard, The Telescope Handbook and Star Atlas, 1967
An apology for the Devil: It must be remembered that we have only heard one side of the case. God has written all the books. – Samuel Butler, Note-Books
In a person who is open to experience each stimulus is freely relayed through the nervous system, without being distorted by any process of defensiveness. – Carl Rogers