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Through the ages, man's main concern was life after death. Today, for the first time, we find we must ask questions about whether there will… — Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
Entropy theory is indeed a first attempt to deal with global form; but it has not been dealing with structure. All it says is that… — Rudolf Arnheim
First... a new theory is attacked as absurd; then it is admitted to be true, but obvious and insignificant; finally it is seen to be… — William James
I learnt to distrust all physical concepts as the basis for a theory. Instead one should put one's trust in a mathematical scheme, even if… — Paul Dirac
[Gauss calculated the elements of the planet Ceres] and his analysis proved him to be the first of theoretical astronomers no less than the greatest… — W. W. Rouse Ball
As Karl Marx once noted: 'Hegel remarks somewhere that all great, world-historical facts and personages occur, as it were, twice. He forgot to add: the… — Michael Shermer
I approached the bulk of my schoolwork as a chore rather than an intellectual adventure. The tedium was relieved by a few courses that seem… — Steven Chu
We [may] answer the question: "Why is snow white?" by saying, "For the same reason that soap-suds or whipped eggs are white"-in other words, instead… — William James
[Science] is not perfect. It can be misused. It is only a tool. But it is by far the best tool we have, self-correcting, ongoing,… — Carl Sagan
Psychogenesis has led to man. Now it effaces itself, relieved or absorbed by another and a higher function-the engendering and subsequent development of the mind,… — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
The first effect of the mind growing cultivated is that processes once multiple get to be performed in a single act. Lazarus has called this… — William James
We are at a crossroads in human history. Never before has there been a moment so simultaneously perilous and promising. We are the first species… — Carl Sagan
Never check email first thing in the morning. Instead, complete your most important task before 11:00 A.M. to avoid using lunch or reading email as… — Tim Ferriss
Sir John Templeton: "My ethical principle in the first place was: 'Where could I use my talents that God gave me to help the most… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Do I as a Christian understand myself? Do I know my own real identity? My own real destiny? I am a child of God, God… — J I Packer
The first duty of man is the seeking after and the investigation of truth. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Every great scientific truth goes through three states: first, people say it conflicts with the Bible; next, they say it has been discovered before; lastly,… — Louis Agassiz
I may conclude this chapter by quoting a saying of Professor Agassiz, that whenever a new and startling fact is brought to light in science,… — Charles Lyell
If we ought not to fear mortal truth, still less should we dread scientific truth. In the first place it can not conflict with ethics?… — Henri Poincare
If you have to prove a theorem, do not rush. First of all, understand fully what the theorem says, try to see clearly what it… — George Polya

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