Lao Tzu Quotes: Gain Freedom – Why You Shouldn’t Care What Others Think
“Care about what other people think, and you will always be their prisoner”
Lao Tzu
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Harald Schmidt on Media Consumption: How Informed Am I Really!
“I buy the FAZ on paper – and read NZZ, Spiegel and Bild online before the paywall. But I am just as informed as if I had subscribed to it. When I see the headline and the author, I already know what the text says. I also know who among the authors is currently behind with their alimony payments and therefore has to write in a certain direction.”
Harald Schmidt
The Illusion of Eradicating Microbial Diseases – René Jules Dubos
“Eradication of microbial disease is a will-o’-the-wisp; pursuing it leads into a morass of hazy biological concepts and half truths.”
René Jules Dubos
Recognizing Truth Through Selflessness – Harry Gordon Frankfurt
“Recognizing truth requires selflessness. You have to leave yourself out of it so you can find out the way things are in themselves, not the way they look to you or how you feel about them or how you would like them to be.”
Harry Gordon Frankfurt
Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann Quote: How Public Opinion Is About Power, Not Truth
“The process of struggling for public opinion has nothing to do with truth, but with domination.”
Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann
George Bernard Shaw Quotes: Master of Irony and Sharp Wit
“I am known for my irony. But the idea of erecting a Statue of Liberty in the harbor of New York hadn’t even occurred to me.”
George Bernard Shaw
The soul is healed by traveling – Unknown
“The soul is healed by traveling.”
Unbekannt
Sailing is a Dance with Nature – Unknown
“Sailing is a dance with nature.”
Unbekannt
Alexander Unzicker Reveals the Crisis in Physics: Why Modern Physics Lost Its Grounding
“Physics has lost its grip on the ground. For every anomaly, scientists pull a new parameter out of a hat instead of trying to understand the underlying principles. They have accumulated more than 30 “natural constants”: all values that no one can explain.”
Alexander Unzicker
Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes about Sea and Ships
“Everyone who loves the sea also loves ships.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes