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A Quote by E.F. Schumacher on direction, doubt, needs, and technology

I have no doubt that it is possible to give a new direction to technological development, a direction that shall lead it back to the real needs of man, and that also means: to the actual size of man. Man is small, and, therefore, small is beautiful.

E.F. Schumacher (1911 - 1977)

Source: Small is Beautiful, A Study of Economics as if People Mattered, Ch. 10

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A Quote by Edmond Jabes on argument, birds, controversy, doubt, meaning, and words

How could an argument soothe or settle a controversy when every word is a nest for a bird of doubt? (meaning of words as inferences)

Edmond Jabes

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A Quote by Edith Armstrong on anxiety, doubt, fear, harmony, health, love, mind, and peace

I keep the telephone of my mind open to peace, harmony, health, love and abundance. Then, whenever doubt, anxiety or fear try to call me, they keep getting a busy signal - and they'll soon forget my number.

Edith Armstrong

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A Quote by Edgar Allan Poe on doubt

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It may well be doubted whether human ingenuity can construct an enigma . . . which human ingenuity may not, by proper application, resolve.

Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849)

Source: The Gold Bug

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A Quote by Dr. Sumner H. Slichter on doubt, interest, life, possibility, reward, and technology

The possibilities of modern technology are tremendous. If these possibilities can be realized, no one can doubt that we are on the threshold of gaining a far better standard of living than man has ever known. Never have the rewards of willingness to take a broad view of common interests been greater.

Dr. Sumner H. Slichter

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A Quote by Dr. Charles Mako on doubt, health, heart, and worry

Worry affects the circulation, the heart, the glands, the whole nervous system, and profoundly affects the health. I have never known a man who died from overwork, but many who died from doubt.

Dr. Charles Mako

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A Quote by General Douglas MacArthur on confidence, despair, doubt, faith, fear, hope, idealism, life, mind, people, self-confidence, time, and youth

Youth is not entirely a time of life; it is a state of mind. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old by deserting their ideals. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubts; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair.

Douglas MacArthur (1880 - 1964)

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A Quote by Dorothy Parker on curiosity, doubt, and love

Four be the things I'd been better without: Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt.

Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967)

Source: Enough Rope, 1927.

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A Quote by Derek Bok on curiosity, decisions, doubt, education, entertainment, exploring, tolerance, and uncertainty

An educated man must have a "curiosity in exploring the unfamiliar and unexpected, an open-mindedness in entertaining opposing points of view, tolerance for the ambiguity that surrounds so many important issues, and a willingness to make the best decisions he can in the face of uncertainty and doubt."

Derek Bok

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A Quote by Delbert L. Stapley on achievement, age, angels, argument, atheism, discovery, doubt, divinity, earth, existence, god, heaven, knowledge, life, men, nations, people, power, progress, religion, science, scientists, spirit, and success

The Lord has literally poured out His spirit upon all flesh, as the accomplishments of man today give full witness. It is significant that this great thrust forward in man's achievement and progress and this pouring out of knowledge is not confined to any one nation or people, but it seems that new knowledge from heaven comes simultaneously to every advanced, civilized nation. No nation has a corner on the knowledge God is pouring down from heaven upon all flesh. With this great flood of knowledge and light, men, not recognizing its source, do become imbued with self-importance and power. Recently a Russian scientist, E. T. Fadeyev, head of the scientific-atheistic section of the journal Science and Life, is quoted as saying: Successful flights of earth satellites and rockets cast doubt on the existence of God and refute religious dogma. Rockets and satellites have encountered no angels nor discovered a Supreme Being. Religious dogma holds that it is possible to ascend to heaven only through divine intervention. But in an age of jet aircraft and high altitude rockets, artificial earth satellites and interplanetary ships, it is comical to argue that man cannot reach the heavens. (Los Angeles Herald.)

Delbert L. Stapley (1896 - 1978)

Source: at BYU, January 10, 1962

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