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most of us are ashamed of shabby clothes and shoddy furniture, let us be more
ashamed of shabby ideas and shoddy philosophies.-Albert Einstein- "I
learned this at least by experiment: That if one advances confidently in the
direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live that life which he has imagined,
he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. He will put some things
behind, will pass an invisible boundary; new, universal, and more liberal
laws will begin to establish themselves around and within him. If you have built
castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be.
Now put the foundations under them." -Henry Thoreau-
. . . time and space are
modes by which we think and not conditions in which we live.- Albert Einstein - "Anyone
who cannot cope with mathematics is not fully human. At best, he is a tolerable subhuman who has learned to wear
shoes, bathe and not make messes in the house."- Lazarus Long
- 1941
- The
most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious.
It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and
true science.-Albert Einstein- Great
spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.-Albert
Einstein- Invention
isn't always the offspring of genius; more often, it's the result of plain hard
work; sometimes it arises from accident or carelessness; occasionally it's the
happy thought of an ordinary mind; and sometimes invention is the product of
sheer stupidity.-From a decision of the US Court of Customs and Patent Appeals There
is no question that there is an unseen world.
The problem is, 'How far is it from midtown and how late is it
open'.-Woody Allen Toward
the end of the 19th century, many physical scientists viewed their work as
almost complete and needing only some extension and more detailed refinement.
But soon after, deep problems began to appear.
The world seems relatively unaware of how deep these problems really were
and of the extent to which some of the most fundamental ideas have been
overturned by them. C. H. Townes Improvement Era, 71, p62 (2/1968)
re: Quantum Mechanics The
truth is that evolution was an hypothesis which hardened into dogma before it
had been thoroughly analyzed.-E. W. F. Tomlin The Encyclopedia of
Ignorance, p227 A
human being should be able to: change
a diaper; plan an invasion; butcher a hog; conn a ship; design a building; write
a sonnet; balance accounts; build a wall; set a bone; comfort the dying; take
orders; give orders; cooperate; act alone; solve equations; analyze a new
problem; pitch manure; program a computer; cook a tasty meal; fight efficiently;
die gallantly. Specialization is
for insects. Lazarus Long The
model is of necessity flawed. Were
it not so, it would be the thing itself.- Author not recorded - Believed to be
in book "The Encyclopedia of Ignorance" God
made the integers, all else is the work of man. - Kronecker - ...science
without religion is lame, religion without science is blind. A. Einstein
Nature, 146, 605 (1940). The
further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems
to me that the path to genuine religion does not lie through the fear of life,
and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through striving after rational
knowledge. In this sense, I believe
that the priest must become a teacher if he wishes to do justice to his lofty
educational mission. Albert Einstein Nature, 146, 605 (1940). We
trained hard... but every time we were beginning to form up into teams, we would
be reorganized. I was to learn
later in life that we wanted to meet any new situation by reorganizing... and a
wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing
confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.- Petronius Arbiter 210 BC - I
don't like these cold, precise, perfect people, who, in order not to speak
wrong, never speak at all, and in order not to do wrong, never do
anything.-Henry Ward Beecher- There
is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse; as I have
found in traveling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift one's
position and be bruised in a new place.-Washington Irving- We
have not succeeded in answering all of our questions: Indeed, we often feel we have not completely answered any of
them. The answers we have found
only serve to raise a whole set of new questions.
In some ways we feel we are as confused as ever, but we believe that we
are confused on a much higher level, and about more important things.-Anon- Time
flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana. 186,000
miles per second, not just a good idea; it's the LAW! Got
mole problems? Call Avogadro 6.02 x 10^23 The
trite objects of human efforts - possessions, outward success, luxury - have
always seemed to me contemptible. A. Einstein Forum and Century, 84, 193-94
(1931) ...the
intelligence and character of the masses are incomparably lower than the
intelligence and character of the few who produce something valuable for the
community. A. Einstein , Time capsule World's Fair, 1939.(rationalizing the
tendency of men to wage war) The
majority of the stupid is invincible and guaranteed for all time.
The terror of their tyranny, however, is alleviated by their complete
lack of consistency. A. Einstein Aphorisms for Leo Baeck (5/23/53) The
only rational way of educating is to be an example -- if one can't help it, a
warning example. A. Einstein Mein Weltbild, 1934. The
development of general ability for independent thinking and judgment should
always be placed foremost, not the acquisition of special knowledge. A.
Einstein Ideas and Opinions, pg 59 Bureaucracy
is the death of any achievement. A. Einstein Mein Weltbild, 1934. ...
I believe with Schopenhauer that one of the strongest motives that leads men to
art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and
hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one's own ever shifting desires. A.
Einstein Mein Weltbild, 1934. There
exists a passion for comprehension, just as there exists a passion for music.
That passion is rather common in children, but gets lost in people later
on. A. Einstein Sci. Amer., 182 (4) (1950). I'd
like to live like a poor man with lots of money.- Pablo Picasso - Purpose
must lie outside of the business itself. Business
enterprise is an organ of society.- Peter Drucker - ..if
victory is long in coming, the men's weapons will grow dull and their ardor will
be dampened.-Sun Tzu- One
cartload of the enemy's provisions is equivalent to twenty of one's own, and
likewise a single picul of his provender is equivalent to twenty from one's own
store.-Sun Tzu- Thus,
when you capture spoils from the enemy, they must be used as rewards, so that
all your men may have a keen desire to fight, each on his own account.-Sun Tzu- Humanity
and justice are the principles on which to govern a state, but not an army;
opportunism and flexibility, on the other hand, are military rather than civic
virtues.-Sun Tzu- The
skillful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous
man, and the stupid man. For the
wise man delights in establishing his merit, the brave man likes to show his
courage in action, the covetous man is quick at seizing advantages and the
stupid man has no fear of death.- Su-ma Ch'ien- To
see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of
excellence.-Sun Tzu- Whoever
is first in the field and awaits the coming of the enemy wil be fresh for the
fight; whoever is second in the field and has to hasten to battle will arrive
exhausted.-Sun Tzu- The
value of a whole army - a mighty host of a million men - is dependent on one man
alone; such is the influence of spirit!-Sun Tzu- There
are five dangerous faults that may affect a general: recklessness - which leads to destruction
cowardice - which leads to capture delicacy
of honor - which is sensitive to shame hasty
temper - which can be provoked by insults oversolicitude
for his men -which exposes him to worry and trouble, for in the long run the
troops will suffer more from defeat, or at best, the prolongation of war, which
will be the consequence.-Sun Tzu- He
who exercises no forethought but makes light of his opponents is sure to be
captured by them.-Sun Tzu- Vacillation
and fussiness are the surest means of sapping the confidence of an army.-Sun Tzu- Knowledge
of the spirit world is to be obtained by divination; information in natural
science may be sought by inductive reasoning; the laws of the universe can be
verified by mathematical calculation; but the dispositions of the enemy are
ascertainable through spies and spies alone.-Sun Tzu- Politics
are for the moment, an equation is for eternity.-Albert Einstein- There
are two kinds of scientists, physicists and stamp collectors.-Lord Kelvin- In
the end the two (science and the gospel) must become as one, for their common
objective is truth.- J.A. Widstoe- The
common goal of science and religion is our shared struggle for wisdom in all its
various guises.-Stephen J. Gould- Logic
can't intercede where regulations prevail.-C. Ewing- As
one grows older, one sees the impossibility of imposing order on the chaos with
brute force; but if you are patient, there may come that moment when while
eating an apple the solution presents itself politely and says, "here I
am"-Einstein- Striving
to better, oft we mar what's well.-Shakespeare- Anybody
can make the simple complicated. Creativity
is making the complicated simple.-Charlie Mingus, Jazz Musician- Hey,
you sass that hoopy Ford Prefect? There's
a frood that really knows where his towel is. Douglas Adams - Hitchhiker Ah,
this is obviously some strange usage of the word "safe" that I
previously wasn't aware of. Arthur Dent - Hitchhiker You
know, it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a Vorgon airlock with a man
from Betelguese, and about to die of asphyxiation in deep space, that I really
wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I was young. Arthur Dent -
Hitchhiker In
those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, women
were real women, and small, furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small,
furry creatures from Alpha Centauri. And
all dared to brave unknown terrors, to do mighty deeds, to boldly split
infinitives that no man had split before - and thus was the Empire forged.
Douglas Adams - Hitchhiker ...we
demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty. The Philosophers -
Hitchhiker "Bloody
hell, now that is what I call thinking.
Here, Vroomfondel, why do we never think of things like that?"
"Dunno, think our brains must be too highly trained. "The Philosophers
- Hitchhiker Of
all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. Nice
flies under false colors, wants the reputation of the gentle dove without the
wisdom of the wise serpent. It is
the Great Impostor, having none of the power of virtue but seeking the influence
thereof. Nice is neither kind, nor
compassionate, neither good nor full of good cheer, neither hot nor cold.
But being puffed up in its own vanity, it is considerably more dangerous
than lukewarmth. -Elouise Bell- Niceness
in some... minds fulfills all obligations that one might otherwise expect to see
paid in the coin of effort, intelligence, and results.
-Elouise Bell- Niceness
edits the Truth, dilutes Loyalty, makes a caricature of Patriotism.
It hobble Justice, short circuits Honor, counterfeits Mercy, Copmpassion
and Love. -Elouise Bell- For
if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
1 Cor 14:8 Listen
Kiddo, if you ain't worn it, eaten it or made love to it in two years, then
throw it out. R. Altizer(Bob
replies - oh good, I still got six months) There
are always possibilities.-Mr. Spock- The
significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we
were at when we created them. A. Enistein Never
try to teach a pig to sing. It
wastes your time and it annoys the pig.-Paul Dickson- Raise
hell and at least go down in flames. You're
better off getting fired for doing something interesting rather than laid off
while doing something boring.-Tom Peters- The
race may not be to the swift nor the victory to the strong, but that's how you
bet.-Damon Runyon- There
are a million things you can have, and a million things you can't.-Kirk to
Charlie X- The
real Antichrist is he who turns the wine of an original idea into the water of
mediocrity. Eric Hoffer It
gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible
nonconformist warmly acclaimed. Albert Einstein Nationalism
is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind. Albert Einstein This
heroism at command, this senseless violence, this accursed bombast of patriotism
how intensely I despise them! Albert Einstein Everything
should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. Albert Einstein Sometimes
one pays most for the things one gets for nothing. Albert Einstein Politics
is the art of saying "nice doggie" until you find a rock.-Will Rogers- "Accurate
reckoning -- the entrance into the knowledge of all existing things and all
obscure secrets." -Ahmes the
Scribe, 17th century BC- "Indeed,
from Pythagoras through pyramidology, extreme irrationalities have often been
presented in numerical form. Astrology
for centuries used the most sophisticated mathematics -- and is now worked on
computers: there is, or used to be,
an English law which provided that 'every person pretending or professing to
tell fortunes, or using any subtle craft, means or device... shall be deemed a
rogue and vagabond.'" -Conquest 1993- The man who carries a cat home by the tail learns ten times as much as the one who watches. -Mark Twain- If
you feel like you're falling, dive. -Joseph Campbell- |