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When the poet said that for him poetry was not a purpose, but a passion, he was also expressing the feelings of the true scientist to his own field.

— Varadaraja V. Raman

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While we have footprints on the sands of time, there is no trace of things yet to come.

Of all the wondrous elements in our vast and complex universe, there is perhaps nothing more intriguing, than consciousness.

The aesthetic dimensions of science, like that of great classical music, are evident to the aficionado.

It has been said that science is proof without certainty, where as religion is certainty without proof.

The spiritual quest is the expression of the deepest longing to connect with the Whole.

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