"The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion or in politics, but it is not the path to knowledge, and there's no place for it in the endeavor of science. We do not know beforehand where fundamental insights will arise from about our mysterious and lovely solar system. The history of our study of our solar system shows us clearly that accepted and conventional ideas are often wrong, and that fundamental insights can arise from the most unexpected sources."
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"Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality."
"A contrast between country and city, as fundamental ways of life, reaches back into classical times."
"It were much to be desired, that when mathematical processes pass through the human brain instead of through the medium of inanimate mechanism, it were equally a necessity of things that the reasonings connected with operations should hold the same just place as a clear and well-defined branch of the subject of analysis, a fundamental but yet independent ingredient in the science, which they must do in studying the engine."
"The conservation of our natural resources and their proper use constitute the fundamental problem which underlies almost every other problem of our national life."
"The sacred attitude is, then, one of deep and fundamental respect for the real in whatever new form it may present itself."
"The ability to start out upon your own impulse is fundamental to the gift of keeping going upon your own terms. . . . Getting started, keeping going, getting started again in art and in life, it seems to me this is the essential rhythm."
"I still describe myself as a Christian, and my love of God and my relationship with God is fundamental, but its manifestations in my life and the practices of it are constantly changing. I find incredible freedom in my faith."
"Let us never forget this fundamental truth: The State has no source of money other than the money people themselves earn."
"The fundamental basis of education must always remain that one must act for oneself. That is clear. One must act for him or herself."
"[Quantity is the fundamental feature of things,] the 'primarium accidens substantiae,' ...prior to the other categories."
"There is no fundamental difference between humans and the higher mammalsin their mental faculties"
"For some years now, there has been proof that the devastating effects of the traumatization of children take their inevitable tollon society--a fact that we are still forbidden to recognize. This knowledge concerns every single one of us, and--if disseminated widely enough--should lead to fundamental changes in society; above all, to a halt in the blind escalation of violence."
"If everything in the universe depends upon everything else in a fundamental way, it might be impossible to get close to a full solution by investigating parts of the problem in isolation."
"The program of our movement stems from the fundamental moral laws and order."
"I see all this and know that if we are to save the Jewish state and its three-and-a-half million Jews from terrible horrors, we must rise up and demand a fundamental change in the very system of government."
"This fundamental subject of Natural Selection will be treated at some length in the fourth chapter; and we shall then see how Natural Selection almost inevitably causes much Extinction of the less improved forms of life and induces what I have called Divergence of Character."
"The fundamental idea of modern capitalism is not the right of the individual to possess and enjoy what he has earned, but the ;thesis that the exercise of this right redounds to the general good."
"At least I know I'm bewildered about the really fundamental and important facts of the universe."
"In my opinion, if we have not achieved peace, it is because people forget its most fundamental aspect. Before we talk about peace among nations, we must settle our peace with God."