"The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not."

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Insight & Reflection

Words carry weight, and Gertrude Stein's insight into history is no exception. It serves as a gentle reminder that amidst the chaos of modern life, timeless wisdom still holds the power to guide our decisions and clarify our values.

About Gertrude Stein

Gertrude Stein was an American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector. Born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, and raised in Oakland, California, Stein moved to Paris in 1903, and made France her home for the remainder of her life. She hosted a Paris salon, where the leading figures of modernism in literature and art, such as Pablo Picasso, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sinclair Lewis, Ezra Pound, Sherwood Anderson and Henri Matisse, would meet.

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"But the problem is that when I go around and speak on campuses, I still don't get young men standing up and saying, 'How can I combine career and family?'"

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"In a war everybody always knows all about Switzerland, in peace times it is just Switzerland but in war time it is the only country that everybody has confidence in, everybody."

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"What was the use of my having come from Oakland it was not natural to have come from there yes write about it if I like or anything if I like but not there, there is no there there."

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"In the arithmetic of human affection, the more you give, the more you retain. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history."

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"Breathe deeply, anchor your attention in this breath, and let the storm pass. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history."

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"All philosophical inquiry begins with the humility to admit the limits of knowing. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history — an essential principle for the reflective life."

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