Shawndee Nordhoff Quotes & Sayings

After all, conflict arises, does it not, through the desire to be something, to be other than what is. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

He is mad past recovery, but yet he has lucid intervals. — Miguel De Cervantes

[Theory is] an explanation that has been confirmed to such a degree, by observation and experiment, that knowledgeable experts accept it as fact. That's what scientists mean when they talk about a theory: not a dreamy and unreliable speculation, but an explanatory statement that fits the evidence. They embrace such an explanation confidently but provisionally - taking it as their best available view of reality, at least unil some severely conflicting data or some better explanation might come along. — David Quammen

Here's my definition of a hero. A hero is an ordinary person given being and action by something bigger than themselves. One thing I'm sure about is I'm real ordinary. Yet I've had the chance to touch the lives of a lotta people. — Werner Erhard

Subtle is the Lord. Malicious, He is not. — Albert Einstein

The area we define as what Quora's good at is long-form text that's useful over time, and where you care about who wrote the text. Not that you need to be friends with them, just that they're someone trustworthy. — Adam D'Angelo

A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. If you are generous, you will gain everything. — Confucius

It seems to me that one of the most basic human experiences, one that is genuinely universal and unites-or, more precisely, could unite-all of humanity, is the experience of transcendence in the broadest sense of the word. — Vaclav Havel