The Centrality Of Research: Dalai Lama, Mahatma Gandhi, Teilhard de Chardin S.J.

"Life really does begin at forty. Up until then, you are just doing research."

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Tenzin Gyatso, the Dalai Lama: "Your efforts must be realistic. We must not rely on appearances. We must do research to determine what is real. With no research, you can't find reality." 

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Mahatma Gandhi: "My uniform experience has convinced me that there is no other God than Truth." 

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Teilhard de Chardin S.J.: "There is less difference than people think between Research and Adoration." 

Or more directly: "Adoration’s real name … is Research." 

De Chardin claimed that without research "there can be no possibility… of real mystical life."

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/09/scientific-research-as-adoration-pierre.html

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The prophet Muhammad is quoted as saying 
"The ink of the scholar is holier than the blood of the martyr".

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Notably, the greater war strategist in history, Sun Tzu, author of "The Art of War" observed that "All war is based on deception."