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Our deepest description of physical reality, in quantum theory and in the four Core Theories of forces (gravitation, electromagnetism, strong and weak forces), bring in concepts that call to mind yin and yang. Niels Bohr, an influential founder of quantum theory, saw strong parallels between his concept of complementarity and the unified duality of yin-yang. He designed a coat of arms for himself, in which the yin-yang figures centrally (see figure 42, page 324). Our Core Theories center on the interplay between lightlike space filling fluids (yang) and substances (yin) they both direct and respond to. — Frank Wilczek

You end up making a home in every place you're at, in a small way. In any way you can find a kind of mindfulness. — Nick Littlemore

Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies. — Albert Camus

To masturbate is to imagine: physically. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Yoh: I didn't start liking you because of your muscles.
Haruna: ...That's the first time you told me you "like me."
Yoh: ...Talking to you makes me say wierd things! — Kazune Kawahara

This has always been a man's world, and none of the reasons that have been offered in explanation have seemed adequate. — Simone De Beauvoir

All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion. — Jean De La Fontaine

It is not the end of joy that makes old age so sad, but the end of hope. — Jean Paul