L Peter Deutsch quotes

L Peter Deutsch quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“To iterate is human, to recurse divine.”
-- L Peter Deutsch

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“Lisp ... made me aware that software could be close to executable mathematics.”
-- L Peter Deutsch

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“Implementation is the sincerest form of flattery.”
-- L Peter Deutsch

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“They say an elephant never forgets. Well, you are not an elephant. Take notes, constantly. Save interesting thoughts, quotations, films, technologiesâ€¦the medium doesn't matter, so long as it inspires you. When you're stumped, go to your notes like a wizard to his spellbook. Mash those thoughts together. Extend them in every direction until they meet.”
“It's a 360-degree sound experience. Like you're in the middle of the band. A lot of people have the technology to play the format, so why not put it out there. It sounds great.”
“The universe is a Divine thought that has taken form.”

Source : Alberto Villoldo, Erik Jendresen (1992). “Journey to the Island of the Sun: The Return to the Lost City of Gold”, Harpercollins
“Good-nature and good-sense must ever join; To err is human, to forgive, divine.”
“World is a divine play. At the beginning and at the end, we are the same.”
“Our weaknesses are divine gifts that when embraced will enable us to make our purposeful contribution to the whole, which is why we incarnated in the first place.”
“So multiverse or not, we still have to come to terms with the origin of the laws of nature. And the only viable explanation here is the divine Mind.”

Source : Gary R. Habermas, Antony Flew, David J. Baggett (2009). “Did the Resurrection Happen?: A Conversation with Gary Habermas and Antony Flew”, p.100, InterVarsity Press
“Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail.”
“You are all spirits. It is not that you "have" a spirit. To have a spirit implies that you are spirit and that you are also something else. Human beings are spirits. Being a human being is one of the ways of being a spirit.”
“Nonviolence is absolute respect for each human being.”

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