Reason is a faculty far larger than mere objective force. When either the political or the scientific discourse announces itself as the voice of reason, it is playing God, and should be spanked and stood in the corner.

Quote by Ursula K LeGuin

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As great scientists have said and as all children know, it is above all by...

As great scientists have said and as all children know, it is above all by...

The greatest religious problem today is how to be both a mystic and a militant;...

The greatest religious problem today is how to be both a mystic and a militant;...

The children of the revolution are always ungrateful, and the revolution must be grateful that...

The children of the revolution are always ungrateful, and the revolution must be grateful that...

The only thing that makes life possible is a permanent, intolerable uncertainty: not knowing what...

The only thing that makes life possible is a permanent, intolerable uncertainty: not knowing what...

Comfort was allowed to come to them rare, welcome, unsought: a gift like joy.

Comfort was allowed to come to them rare, welcome, unsought: a gift like joy.

The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes...

The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes...

My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the...

My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the...

It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey...

It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey...

I doubt that the imagination can be suppressed. If you truly eradicated it in a...

I doubt that the imagination can be suppressed. If you truly eradicated it in a...

When human power becomes so great and original that we can account for it only...

When human power becomes so great and original that we can account for it only...

Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not and...

Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not and...

Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.

Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.

I have a huge, active imagination, [and] I think I'm really scared of being alone;...

I have a huge, active imagination, [and] I think I'm really scared of being alone;...

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

This world is but canvas to our imaginations

This world is but canvas to our imaginations

Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you...

Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you...

Imagination is like a lofty building reared to meet the sky - fancy is a...

Imagination is like a lofty building reared to meet the sky - fancy is a...

The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able...

The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able...

Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimension.

Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimension.