Afterwards, You're A Genius

A selection of quotes, in honor of the 3-year blogoversary...

"Never quite certain how she accomplished any of this, she began to read books about parallel worlds - and found them fascinating but unsatisfying. She did what she did, but still without explanation as to why and how she could do it."

You deny what you cannot explain. I explain what I cannot deny.

"At every step from the conception of a rational vision to the formation of a theory, faith is necessary: faith in the vision as a rationally valid aim to pursue, faith in the hypothesis as a likely and plausible proposition, and faith in the final theory, at least until a general consensus about its validity has been reached. This faith is rooted in one's own experience, in the confidence in one's power of thought, observation, and judgment."

"...brace yourself and try to show fortitude while reading the next couple of pages..."

"This theory reminds me of the system of delusions of an exceedingly intelligent paranoiac, concocted of incoherent elements of thought... If correct, it signifies the end of physics as a science."

"The 5th Dimension is what brings harmony, a global unity to the world: a unification of religion, of humankind; not divisions in politics, but a healing and a common thread that leads to an honoring of one another." (I can't make this stuff up. I can, however, find the universe where it lives.)

"I was surprised to find, now that my prize was within my grasp, how inconclusive its attainment seemed. As a matter of fact I was worked out; the intense strength of nearly [three] years: continuous work left me incapable of any strength of feeling."

"The time has passed for you to seek the Master. Now it is for you to be the Master." (Scariest thing anyone can ever tell you.)

"...the serious seeker must constantly challenge the teacher, ever questioning and skeptical."

"I took her words as another sign, for by then I was seeing as a schizophrenic sees: with layers of meaning, signs." ;)

"Well, it is a beginning, and that is something..."

"And so the next step was obvious: to learn all the laws of the universe, to become super-scientists."

"Play the game; you know you can't quit until it's won.
Soldier on; only you can do what must be done."