The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but in building the new.
-Socrates
And he that will not apply New Remedies…
And he that will not apply New Remedies, must expect New Evils; for Time is the greatest Innovator.
-Francis Bacon
Time will reveal everything It is a babbler…
Time will reveal everything. It is a babbler, and speaks even when not asked.
-Euripides
And then there’s the essential character of the…
And then there’s the essential character of the universe. It is this mechanical system of laws and particles and principles. Utterly devoid of a moral or personal agenda, and instead being an expression of mathematical interactions. Now that could be the signature of a math-centric geek god. But if the cosmos is impersonal and indifferent, that removes any character from creation. We don’t need a god to explain it. Just a big textbook.
-Glyn Williams
Reproduced from https://www.quora.com/If-an-atheist-claims-that-God-does-not-exist-isnt-the-burden-on-him-now
Whether time is long or short and whether…
Whether time is long or short, and whether space is broad or narrow, depends upon the mind. Those whose minds are at leisure can feel one day as a millennium, and those whose thoughts are expansive can perceive a small house to be as spacious as the universe.
-Hung Tzu-ch’eng (1593-1665)