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From the Nasa website:

Jack Stuster, author of Bold Endeavors: Lessons from Polar and Space Exploration, quoted Norwegian scientist and explorer Fridtjof Nansen as saying “The history of the human race is a continual struggle from darkness toward light. It is therefore to no purpose to discuss the use of knowledge. Man wants to know, and when he ceases to do so, he is no longer man.”

An updated version:
The history of the human race is a continual struggle from darkness toward light. It is therefore to no purpose to discuss the use of knowledge. We want to know, and when we cease to do so, we are no longer human.

I think I like the second one better because it doesn’t set the speaker apart from us. More on the latest addition to my heros list: Fridtjof Nansen

There are a few things that are true in this life, and one of those is this: in general, people are much more kind to you when it’s ten degrees. At twenty degrees, it’s cold enough for people to be annoyed. At ten, people just want to stay alive. And, it seems, they want others to stay alive as well.

People are generally good, and I need to remember that.

Also, a public apology to the ‘dog for being no help in his move. Yet another one I owen.