"Literature renews language, rescuing it from the shallow grave of day-to-day talk."
— John Carey, “What Good Are The Arts?” (via v-ulgate)
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"Isn’t that why we explore and also why we read and watch sports and browse tumblr and study astrophysics…I think we’re after that terrifying, awesome, other worldly feeling of not knowing what lies in wait."
— John Green (via fromearthtostarbucks)
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"Beauty is in the ideal of perfect harmony which is in the Universal Being; Truth the perfect comprehension of the Universal Mind. We individuals approach it through our own mistakes and blunders, through our accumulated experiences, through our illumined consciousness — how, otherwise, can we know Truth?"
— When Einstein Met Tagore – in 1930, Indian philosopher Rabindranath Tagore met Albert Einstein. One of history’s most stimulating and intellectually riveting conversations ensued – collision and convergence in Truth and Beauty as the two explored the intersection of science and spirituality. (via explore-blog)
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"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."
— Terry Pratchett, Diggers. (via ruineshumaines)
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"I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen."
— Ernest Hemingway (via vashti)
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