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  1. ‘We should not say ‘I am an Athenian’ or ‘I am a Roman’ but ‘I am a citizen of the Universe.’’ (Marcus Aurelius)
  2. "And those whose hearts are fixed on Reality itself deserve the title of Philosophers." (Plato, Republic)
  3. The scientist only imposes two things, namely truth and sincerity, imposes them upon himself and upon other scientists. (Schrodinger)
  4. "All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them." (Galileo) (We have discovered reality, see WSM)
  5. "I don't like it, and I'm sorry I ever had anything to do with it." (Erwin Schrodinger talking about probability wave / quantum theory.)
  6. Denying realism amounts to megalomania (the most widespread occupational disease of the professional philosopher). (Karl Popper, 1975)
  7. "Philosophy is the art which teaches us how to live, & since children need to learn it as much as we do, why do we not instruct them in it?"
  8. I am doing a blog radio interview on truth and reality this Friday night (10.30 pm Montreal time). See link below (on Twitter)
  9. http://bit.ly/2WjSrc
  10. Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses. (Plato)
  11. Currently traveling around the world to visit family. Will be back online soon. Geoff and Karene
  12. "In the general theory of relativity, the geometrical properties of space are not independent, but they are determined by matter" (Einstein)
  13. Just added my tweet to the http://wefollow.com twitter directory under: truth (Am curious!?)
  14. "Mathematics is the chief source of the belief in eternal and exact truth, as well as a sensible intelligible world." (Bertrand Russell)
  15. Someday we'll understand the whole thing as one single marvelous vision so overwhelmingly simple & beautiful that we may say to each other;
  16. Oh, how could be have been so stupid for so long? How could it have been otherwise!' (J. A. Wheeler)
  17. The very astute / profound Wheeler quote was from; http://bit.ly/snfKz
  18. The Aristotle quote is from our Philosophy of Education page. http://tinyurl.com/cmymly
  19. "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." (Aristotle)
  20. The Einstein pages have lots of brilliant / wise quotes. http://tinyurl.com/d5lfbq