Husayn ibn Ali (626–680) The grandson of Muhammad and the son of Ali ibn Abi Talib
Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p. 128
General Quotes
The Times of India, 10 June 2009
Sourced from newspapers and magazines
Context: Whenever you say, "I do not know something," you are flexible. Whenever you think, "I know it," you become rigid. This rigidity is not just attitude; it percolates into every aspect of your life. This rigidity is also the cause of an enormous amount of suffering in the world.
Husayn ibn Ali (626–680) The grandson of Muhammad and the son of Ali ibn Abi Talib
Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p. 128
General Quotes
“Whenever you see a toad jumping in broad daylight, then know that something is after its life.”
Chinua Achebe book Things Fall Apart
Source: Things Fall Apart (1958), Chapter 24 (p. 186)
Brigid Brophy (1929–1995) novelist, essayist
Quoted in Spiritual Ecology by Jim Nollman (Bantam Books, 1990), pp. 189-190.
Robert G. Ingersoll (1833–1899) Union United States Army officer
Context: The agnostic does not simply say, “I do not know.” He goes another step, and he says, with great emphasis, that you do not know. He insists that you are trading on the ignorance of others, and on the fear of others. He is not satisfied with saying that you do not know,—he demonstrates that you do not know, and he drives you from the field of fact—he drives you from the realm of reason—he drives you from the light, into the darkness of conjecture—into the world of dreams and shadows, and he compels you to say, at last, that your faith has no foundation in fact.
Nathan Seiberg (1956) American physicist
as quoted by Sandhya Ramesh in: [Interview: 'There's No Conflict Between Lack of Evidence of String Theory and Work Being Done on It', The Wire, Bengaluru, 7 January 2018, https://thewire.in/science/theres-no-conflict-lack-evidence-string-theory-work-done]