Phenomenon Quotes

623 Phenomenon quotes by 489 unique authors

Consciousness ... is the phenomenon whereby the universe's very existence is made known. — Roger Penrose
Every phenomenon, however trifling it be, has a cause, and a mind infinitely powerful, and infinitely well-informed concerning the laws of nature could have foreseen… — Henri Poincare
The validity of all the Inductive Methods depends on the assumption that every event, or the beginning of every phenomenon, must have some cause; some… — John Stuart Mill
When every fact, every present or past phenomenon of that universe, every phase of present or past life therein, has been examined, classified, and co-ordinated… — Karl Pearson
Sport is an international phenomenon, like science or music. — Avery Brundage
Modern technology has become a total phenomenon for civilization, the defining force of a new social order in which efficiency is no longer an option… — Jacques Ellul
Act in the moment, live in the present, slowly slowly don't allow the past to interfere And you will be surprised that life is such… — Rajneesh
Surrender is the quantum leap from mind to no-mind, from ego to egolessness. And in a single step the whole journey is contained. It is… — Rajneesh
Color helps to express light, not the physical phenomenon, but the only light that really exists, that in the artist's brain. — Henri Matisse
My present and most fixed opinion regarding the nature of alcoholic fermentation is this: The chemical act of fermentation is essentially a phenomenon correlative with… — Louis Pasteur
The phenomenon of emergence takes place at critical points of instability that arise from fluctuations in the environment, amplified by feedback loops. Emergence results in… — Fritjof Capra
Considered as a mere question of physics, (and keeping all moral considerations entirely out of sight,) the appearance of man is a geological phenomenon of… — Adam Sedgwick
Refining is inevitable in science when you have made measurements of a phenomenon for a long period of time. — Charles Francis Richter
It seems to me that every phenomenon, every fact, itself is the really interesting object. Whoever explains it, or connects it with other events, usually… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
An Experiment, like every other event which takes place, is a natural phenomenon; but in a Scientific Experiment the circumstances are so arranged that the… — James Clerk Maxwell
No isolated experiment, however significant in itself, can suffice for the experimental demonstration of any natural phenomenon; for the "one chance in a million" will… — Ronald Fisher
It can hardly be pressed forcibly enough on the attention of the student of nature, that there is scarcely any natural phenomenon which can be… — John Herschel
To the scientist, nature is always and merely a 'phenomenon,' not in the sense of being defective in reality, but in the sense of being… — Robin G. Collingwood
You may have decided again and again, and again and again you have failed - not because smoking is such a great phenomenon that you… — Rajneesh
Science is a set of methods designed to describe and interpret observed or inferred phenomenon, past or present, and aimed at building a testable body… — Michael Shermer
Mind is elusive, you cannot hold it in your hand. You cannot force it into a test-tube. The only way to know it is to… — Rajneesh
Beauty is a primeval phenomenon, which itself never makes its appearance, but the reflection of which is visible in a thousand different utterances of the… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Devotion differs. Devotion exists for the total existence, without the counterpart, mm? There is nothing against devotion. There is hate against love; there is nothing… — Rajneesh
Effortlessness is a great phenomenon. Once you know it, many millions of things become possible to you. Through effort the market; through effortlessness the God.… — Rajneesh
The scientific approach to the phenomenon of human nature enables us to be ignorant without bieng frightened, and without, therefore, having to invent all sorts… — Donald Woods Winnicott

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