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Science which is acquired unwillingly, soon disappears; that which is instilled into the mind in a pleasant and agreeable manner, is more lasting. - Saint Basil (Bishop of Caesarea) ("The Great") 'Twas thus by the glare of false science betray'd, That leads to bewilder, and dazzles to blind. - James Beattie, The Hermit In teaching man, experimental science results in lessening his pride more and more by proving to him every day that primary causes, like the objective reality of things, will be hidden from him forever and that he can only know relations. - Claude Bernard Science increases our power in proportion as it lowers our pride. - Claude Bernard, Experimental Medicine O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called; Which some professing have erred concerning faith. Grace be with thee. Amen. - Bible, I Timothy (ch. VI, v. 20-21) We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the sermon on the mount. - Omar Bradley We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming. - Werner von Braun, in the Chicago "Sun Times", July 10, 1958 The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error. - Bertolt Brecht, The Life of Galileo (sc. 9) No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power. - Jacob Bronowski The essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to a pertinent answer. - Jacob Bronowski, The Ascent of Man (ch. 4) BUY VARYING HARE USED BOOK If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go. - John Burroughs O star-eyed Science, hast thou wander'd there, To waft us home the message of despair? - Thomas Campbell, Pleasures of Hope (pt. II, l. 325) What we might call, by way of Eminence, the Dismal Science. - Thomas Carlyle Respectable Professors of the Dismal Science. - Thomas Carlyle, Latter Day Pamphlets (no. 1) There is no national science just as there is no national multiplication table; what is national is no longer science. - Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (Anton Pavlovich Tchehov), "Mysli o Nauke Kishinev" by V.P. Ponomarev Philosophy is true mother of the arts. (Science) [Lat., Philosophia vero omnium mater artium.] - Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero) (often called "Tully" for short), Tusculanarum Disputationum (bk. I) There are very few persons who pursue science with true dignity. - Sir Humphrey Davy, Consolations in Travel--Dialogue V--The Chemical Philosopher In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite. - Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art. - William James (Will) Durant Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom. - William James (Will) Durant All our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike--and yet it is the most precious thing we have. - Albert Einstein It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on the human mind it has overcome man's insecurity before himself and before nature. - Albert Einstein Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it. - Albert Einstein Scientists were rated as great heretics by the church, but they were truly religious men because of their faith in the orderliness of the universe. - Albert Einstein The cosmic religious experience is the strongest and the noblest driving force behind scientific research. - Albert Einstein Displaying page 1 of 3 for this topic: Next >> [1] 2 3
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