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  • For me, consciousness is the most interesting unsolved problem of science, and, in fact, we may never know what it is about a particular arrangement of neurons that gives rise to consciousness. Our consciousness, like the air we breathe or like the passage of time, is central to our existence as intelligent beings.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Alan Lightman Quotes , Intelligent Quotes , Air Quotes
  • The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow- witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Leo Tolstoy Quotes , Inspirational Quotes , Intelligent Quotes
  • I recently discussed with an intelligent and well-disposed man the threat of another war, which in my opinion would seriously endanger the existence of mankind, and I remarked that only a supranational organization would offer protection from that danger. Thereupon my visitor, very calmly and coolly, said to me: "Why are you so deeply opposed to the disappearance of the human race?".
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Albert Einstein Quotes , War Quotes , Intelligent Quotes
  • I came to realize that I was always looking for myself in the women I loved. I looked at their lovely, clean faces, and saw myself reflected in them. They, on the other hand, looked at me and saw the dirt on my face and, however intelligent and self confident they were, they ended up seeing themselves reflected in me and thinking that they were worse than they were. Please don't let that happen to you.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Paulo Coelho Quotes , Intelligent Quotes , Thinking Quotes
  • It is a sign of our times, conspicuous to the coarsest observer, that many intelligent and religious persons withdraw themselves from the common labors and competitions of the market and the caucus, and betake themselves to a certain solitary and critical way of living, from which no solid fruit has yet appeared to justify their separation.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Religious Quotes , Intelligent Quotes