"How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it."
"The real purpose of scientific method is to make sure Nature hasn't misled you into thinking you know something you don't actually know." - Robert Pirsig
Monday, 29 February 2016
Quotation of the Day
Is from Adam Smith's 'Theory of Moral Sentiments', Part I, Section I, Chapter 1: Of Sympathy
Thursday, 25 February 2016
Quotation of the Day
Is from John Wanamaker, as published in Dale Carnegie's famous book 'How to Win Friends and Influence People', Part 1, Chapter 1:
“I have enough trouble overcoming my own limitations without fretting over the fact that God has not seen fit to distribute evenly the gift of intelligence.”
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