Scientific Reductionism Quotes

#1. The intellectual tension that seems to work its way through this society almost like fat through meat is the tension between scientific reductionism and the deeply felt intuition of most people that there is a spiritual dimension, or a hidden dimension, or a transcendental dimension.

Terence McKenna

#2. Don't discount an ability to listen. Sometimes, that's the greatest help of all.

Starla Huchton

#3. Scientific physiology has the task of determining the functions of the animal body and deriving them as a necessary consequence from its elementary conditions.

Carl Ludwig

#4. It's not like I'm an introvert. You get to know me, I can have a conversation with you. But in front of the media, I'm probably more of a quiet guy.

Derrek Lee

#5. We will live an up-and-down Christian life if our faith is based on circumstances and not our faithful God. Stand firm in God's promises!

Alisa Hope Wagner

#6. Epic things start with small humble steps. Pay respect to your beginnings. And if you're just starting out, know that it's OK to be sucky. To be small. To be messy and chaotic. Just make sure to never ever stop dreaming.

Vishen Lakhiani

#7. A crust in comfort is better than a feast in fear.

Aesop

#8. The assumption that being gay or black necessarily harms the self-worth of all who fit this category has a patronizing dimension, because it neglects consideration of the agency that persons exercise in respect of imposed identity.

Michael Kenny

#9. We should thank God for every stream of joy in our lives while recognizing that Christ is the ocean from which every stream flows.

Randy Alcorn

#10. Erotic acts are instinctive; they fulfill a role in nature. The idea is familiar, but it is one that contains a paradox: there is nothing more natural than sexual desire; there is nothing less natural than the forms in which it is made manifest and satisfied.

Octavio Paz

#11. I mean, it's one thing saying you've got the best god, but sayin' it's the only real one is a bit of a cheek, in my opinion. I know where I can find at least two any day of the week. And they say everyone starts out bad and only gets good by believin' in Om, which is frankly damn nonsense.

Terry Pratchett

#12. I have gone from being a 21-year-old with wide eyes to a 24-year-old woman. With success comes a lot of responsibility and power.

Vanessa Carlton

#13. Remember, we are all one country now. Dismiss from your mind all sectional feeling, and bring them up to be Americans.

Robert E.Lee

#14. But that in any city, in any cluster of people, there a few people who are awake at this hour, who are both awake and dancing, and it's here that we need to be.

Dave Eggers

#15. While everyone exercises influence, the size and strength of our influence depends upon our effort. No one leads well without paying the price of discipline. As we push ourselves to grow and to learn, we enlarge our sphere of influence.

John C. Maxwell

#16. The story of life is quicker then the blink of an eye, the story of love is hello, goodbye.

Jimi Hendrix

#17. Drink it, he told himself. You have nothing to fear. As was

Dan Brown