Whose lines are mottoes of the heart,Whose truths electrify the sage.

Fundamental assumptions in general and scientific assumptions in particular are so hard to overturn because they are based on belief. Beliefs are so hard to overcome because they are irrational and therefore do not yield to logical argument.

The smaller your reality, the more convinced you are that you know everything.

For Beauty's tears are lovelier than her smile.

Ye mariners of England! That guard our native seas; Whose flag has braved a thousand years, The battle and the breeze!

The only thing that is fundamental (real) is consciousness itself; all else is virtual- i.e., a result of an exchange of information within consciousness.

Better be courted and jilted Than never be courted at all.