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Justice is the constant and perpetual wish to render to each his due.
Justinian I Eastern Roman Emperor who ruled from 527 to 565 c. 482 - 565

Iustitia est constans et perpetua voluntas ius suum cuique tribuendi

Justinian I
c. 482 - 565
Iustitia est constans et perpetua voluntas ius suum cuique tribuendi
It is interesting that Hindus, when they speak of the creation of the universe do not call it the work of God, they call it the play of God, the Vishnu lila, lila meaning play. And they look upon the whole manifestation of all the universes as a play, as a sport, as a kind of dance.
Alan Watts British American author and lecturer 1915 - 1973

Watts, A. (1997). Zen and the Beat way. Boston: Tuttle.

Alan Watts
1915 - 1973
Watts, A. (1997). Zen and the Beat way. Boston: Tuttle.
Some sort of godlike being, a platonic connection to the infinite, would be a rather wonderful thing to have; I just don't know of any evidence for it.
Bernard Baars American neuroscientist born 1946

Discussing whether he's happy with his conclusion about what happens to us after death.

Bernard Baars
born 1946
Discussing whether he's happy with his conclusion about what happens to us after death.
To have not shot his friend in the face would have sent a message to the quail that America is weak.
Jon Stewart American comedian, writer, producer, activist, and television host born 1962

Jon Stewart
born 1962
We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.
Richard Feynman American theoretical physicist 1918 - 1988

Richard Feynman
1918 - 1988
The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend.
Aristotle Greek philosopher 384 - 322 BC

Aristotle
384 - 322 BC
The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.
Douglas Adams British science fiction writer and humorist 1952 - 2001

The Salmon of Doubt

Douglas Adams
1952 - 2001
The Salmon of Doubt
Our aim as scientists is objective truth; more truth, more interesting truth, more intelligible truth. We cannot reasonably aim at certainty. Once we realise that human knowledge is fallible, we realise also that we can never be completely certain that we have not made a mistake.
Karl Popper Austrian-British philosopher of science and social and política e falsificationism and for criticism of Plato, Hegel and Marx as totalitarian opponents of open society 1902 - 1994

Karl Popper
1902 - 1994
But evil is wrought by want of thought, As well as want of heart!
Thomas Hood British writer 1799 - 1845

Thomas Hood
1799 - 1845
Mathematics is a language plus reasoning; it is like a language plus logic. Mathematics is a tool for reasoning.
Richard Feynman American theoretical physicist 1918 - 1988

Richard Feynman
1918 - 1988
I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting. But it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously.
Douglas Adams British science fiction writer and humorist 1952 - 2001

Douglas Adams
1952 - 2001
Worrying is a misuse of imagination.
Dan Zadra

Dan Zadra
To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there.
Jack Henry Abbott American author and criminal 1944 - 2002

Jack Henry Abbott
1944 - 2002
Maybe it wasn’t anything remotely to do with religion, mysticism or metaphilosophy after all; maybe it was more banal; maybe it was just...accounting.
Iain Banks Scottish writer 1954 - 2013

Excession

Iain Banks
1954 - 2013
Excession
You were absent for all of human history before your birth. The idea that you simply can't imagine not existing after death is really just for lack of trying I think.
Sam Harris American author, philosopher and neuroscientist born 1967

Sam Harris
born 1967
Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.
Robert Frost American poet 1874 - 1963

Robert Frost
1874 - 1963
At a time when it's possible for thirty people to stand on the top of Everest in one day, Antarctica still remains a remote, lonely and desolate continent. A place where it's possible to see the splendours and immensities of the natural world at its most dramatic and, what's more, witness them almost exactly as they were, long, long before human beings ever arrived on the surface of this planet. Long may it remain so.
David Attenborough British broadcaster and naturalist born 1926

David Attenborough
born 1926
I know the colour rose, and it is lovely, But not when it ripens in a tumour; And healing greens, leaves and grass, so springlike, In limbs that fester are not springlike.
Dannie Abse Welsh poet and writer 1923 - 2014

Dannie Abse
1923 - 2014
I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.
Horace Roman lyric poet 65 - 8 BC

Horace
65 - 8 BC
The sky calls to us. If we do not destroy ourselves, we will one day venture to the stars.
Carl Sagan American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author 1934 - 1996

Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1990 Update)

Carl Sagan
1934 - 1996
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1990 Update)
A very merry, dancing, drinking, Laughing, quaffing, and unthinking time.
John Dryden 17th-century English poet and playwright 1631 - 1700

John Dryden
1631 - 1700

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