Computer, Konrad Zuse

Die Gefahr, dass der Computer so wird wie der Mensch, ist nicht so groß wie die Gefahr, dass der Mensch so wird wie der Computer.

Translation: The danger of computers becoming like humans is not as great as the danger of humans becoming like computers.

- Konrad Zuse

Attributed in: Hersfelder Zeitung. Nr. 212, 12. September 2005.

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Mystery, Jorge Luis Borges

I have sometimes suspected that the only thing that holds no mystery is happiness, because it is its own justification.

- Jorge Luis Borges, "Unworthy", In Praise of Darkness (1969), tr. Andrew Hurley, Collected Fictions (1998)

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Peace, Aung San Suu Kyi

Where there is no justice there can be no secure peace.

~ Aung San Suu Kyi

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Sorrow, Philip James Bailey

Ah, nothing comes to us too soon but sorrow.

- Philip James Bailey, Festus (1813), scene Home.

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Temptation, Al Gore

Our founders were insightful students of human nature. They feared the abuse of power because they understood that every human being has not only "better angels" in his nature, but also an innate vulnerability to temptation — especially the temptation to abuse power over others.

- Al Gore, Address at New York University (25 May 2004) Full text online

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Love, Matt Groening

Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.

- Matt Groening, Love is Hell

Love, William Adama

Well, when you think you love somebody, you love them. That's what love is. Thoughts…

- Commander William Adama (played by Edward James Olmos), Battlestar Galactica, The Farm

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Government, James Mill

Whenever the powers of government are placed in any hands other than those of the community, whether those of one man, of a few, or of several, those principles of human nature which imply that government is at all necessary, imply that those persons will make use of them to defeat the very end for which government exists.

~ James Mill

Happiness, Mahatma Gandhi

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

- Mahatma Gandhi, as quoted in Humor, Play, & Laughter : Stress-proofing Life with Your Kids (1998) by Joseph A. Michelli, p. 88.

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Science, Stephen Jay Gould

In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms.

- Stephen Jay Gould

과학에서 '사실'이란 '잠정적 승인을 보류하는 것이 잘못일 정도로 확정되었음'을 의미할 뿐입니다. 나는 사과가 내일부터 솟아오르기 시작할 수도 있다고 생각하지만, 물리학 수업시간에 그 가능성에 대해 동일한 시간을 할애할 만한 가치는 없습니다.

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