"To a mind that is still the whole universe surrenders." - Lao Tzu
Sir Francis Bacon said:The human understanding when it has once adopted an opinion ... draws all things else to support and agree with it. And though there be a greater number and weight of instances to be found on the other side, yet these it either neglects or despises, or else by some distinction sets aside or rejects......Francis Bacon
Leo Tolstoy said:....know that most men — not only those considered clever, but even those who are very clever, and capable of understanding most difficult scientific, mathematical, or philosophic problems — can very seldom discern even the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such as to oblige them to admit the falsity of conclusions they have formed, perhaps with much difficulty— conclusions of which they are proud, which they have taught to others, and on which they have built their lives....Leo Tolstoy
He that planteth a tree is the servant of God, He provideth a kindness for many generations, And faces that he hath not seen shall bless him. Henry van Dyke, Th e Friendly Trees
Phillip K Dick said:“They ought to make it a binding clause that if you find God you get to keep Him.”