A Candle’s Flame

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The human eye is so sensitive that if the earth were flat and it was a dark night, a candle’s flame could be seen from 30 miles away.

Once We Believe

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Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit. ~ e. e. cummings

Superstition

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Human beings…are far too prone to generalize from one instance. The technical word for this, interestingly enough, is superstition. ~ Francis Crick

The Past Is A Country

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It may be argued that the past is a country from which we all have emigrated, that its loss is part of our common humanity. ~ Salman Rushdie