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We must never assume that which is incapable of proof.
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George Henry Lewes
English
Philosopher
Born:
Apr 18
,
1817
Died:
Nov 30
,
1878
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Never
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Which
,
Incapable
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All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force... We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent Mind. This Mind is the matrix of all matter.
Max Planck
Matter
Mind
Assume
Virtue
Must
Only
Force
Existence
Exists
Matrix
Intelligent
Behind
Conscious
Since our society equates happiness with youth, we often assume that sorrow, quiet desperation, and hopelessness go hand in hand with getting older. They don't. Emotional pain or numbness are symptoms of living the wrong life, not a long life.
Martha Beck
Happiness
Life
Youth
Getting Older
Desperation
Long
Pain
Older
Living
Society
Assume
Symptoms
Our
Hopelessness
Long Life
Emotional
Wrong
Since
Sorrow
Go
Hand
Hand-In-Hand
Quiet
Getting
Often
White collar conservative flashin down the street, pointing that plastic finger at me, they all assume my kind will drop and die, but I'm gonna wave my freak flag high.
Jimi Hendrix
Me
Conservative
Will
Drop
White
Down
Assume
Wave
Collar
Kind
High
Freak
Finger
Pointing
Flag
Die
Gonna
White-Collar
Plastic
Street
To be sure I must; and therefore I may assume that your silence gives consent.
Plato
Silence
Assume
Must
Gives
Sure
May
Your
Therefore
Consent
Liberals seem to assume that, if you don't believe in their particular political solutions, then you don't really care about the people that they claim to want to help.
Thomas Sowell
You
People
Political
Care
Believe
Assume
Liberals
Claim
Solutions
About
Seem
Particular
Want
Then
Really
Help
When you assume negative intent, you're angry. If you take away that anger and assume positive intent, you will be amazed. Your emotional quotient goes up because you are no longer almost random in your response.
Indra Nooyi
Positive
Angry
You
Anger
Negative
Random
Will
Assume
Response
Emotional
Take
Almost
Longer
Because
Amazed
Up
Goes
Intent
Your
Away
I think a lot of times we don't pay enough attention to people with a positive attitude because we assume they are naive or stupid or unschooled.
Amy Adams
Positive
Attitude
Positive Attitude
People
Stupid
Pay
Think
Assume
Enough
Attention
Naive
Because
Lot
Times
You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.
Anne Lamott
God
You
People
Own
Assume
Out
Hates
Safely
Same
Created
Turns
Your
Image
Social media, unfortunately, just makes it a lot easier to be jealous. It sets up false expectations of reality, so it's really easy to look at someone else's life online and assume that they have everything going great for them and that their life is perfect.
Franchesca Ramsey
Life
Jealous
Great
Reality
Social Media
Assume
Sets
Else
Everything
Easier
Easy
Someone
Online
Perfect
Look
Makes
False
Lot
Up
Expectations
Going
Just
Unfortunately
Social
Them
Really
Media
The idea of education has been so tied to schools, universities, and professors that many assume there is no other way, but education is available to anyone within reach of a library, a post office, or even a newsstand.
Louis L'Amour
Education
Library
Post
Assume
Other
Way
Has-Been
Post Office
Idea
Reach
Schools
Tied
Within
Been
Office
Anyone
Available
Many
Even
Professors
Universities
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