Hyperions Song Quotes & Sayings

A vile imagination, once indulged, gets the key of our minds, and can get in again very easily, whether we will or no, and can so return as to bring seven other spirits with it more wicked than itself; and what may follow no one knows. — Charles Spurgeon

Greed is empowered by knowledge, but we shouldn't be burning books or reject such knowledge, as what happened during the Inquisition and World War 2. We should instead share it and learn it. — Daniel Marques

For the early scholars of Islam, there would have been no conflict between religion and science. The early thinkers were quite clear abou their mission: the Qur'an required them to study alsamawat wal'arth (the skies and the earth) to find proof of their faith. The prophet himself had besought this discipline to seek knowledge 'from the cradle to the grave', no matter how far that search took them, for 'he who travels in search of knowledge, travels along Allah's path to paradise — Jim Al-Khalili

The hoop is there to remind us not to jump through it, not to submit to someone else's control. — Kit Williams

Religion may in most of its forms be defined as the belief that the gods are on the side of the government. — Bertrand Russell

Ah, the outdoors,' Shallan said. 'I visited that mythical place once. — Brandon Sanderson

It seems rather prophetic. We were just joking about this the other day."
"I know. Fate has annoying timing. — Kate Noble

(on iPhone) the battery is fine. It lasts for four days. Though this might have something to do with the fact that I'm a man, and therefore only think to use a phone when I'm on a cliff, clinging to a branch, in a howling gale. And only then as a last resort. — Jeremy Clarkson