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Letter "F" » feeble
«Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed»
Author: Blaise Pascal
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Physicist)
| Keywords:
feeble, feebler, feeblest, reed, The Nature of Things
«I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too.»
«Of my own spirit let me be in sole though feeble mastery»
«Man is a feeble creature, to whom only submission and worship are besoming. Pride is insolence, and belief in human power is impiety»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| About:
Mankind,
Men,
Pride
| Keywords:
feeble, impieties, impiety, insolence, submission
«I cannot conceive of a God who rewards and punishes his creatures, or has a will of the kind that we experience in ourselves. Neither can I nor would I want to conceive of an individual that survives his physical death; let feeble souls, from fear or absurd egoism, cherish such thoughts. I am satisfied with the mystery of the eternity of life and with the awareness and a glimpse of the marvelous structure of the existing world, together with the devoted striving to comprehend a portion, be it ever so tiny, of the Reason that manifests itself in nature.»
Author: Albert Einstein
(Physicist)
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«My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.»
Author: Albert Einstein
(Physicist)
| Keywords:
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«I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own -- a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotisms.»
Author: Albert Einstein
(Physicist)
| About:
God
| Keywords:
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«Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotisms»
Author: Albert Einstein
(Physicist)
| About:
Belief,
Individuality
| Keywords:
feeble, harbor, survives
«Liberty, equality - bad principles! The only true principle for humanity is justice; and justice to the feeble is protection and kindness.»
Author: Henri Frederic Amiel
| Keywords:
feeble
«Mortals, that would follow me, / Love virtue, she alone is free, / She can teach ye how to climb / Higher than the sphery chime; / Or if virtue feeble were, / Heav'n itself would stoop to her.»
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