Books Quote by Morris Raphael Cohen

Again, both literature and philosophy work by appealing to certain reigning idols.

— Morris Raphael Cohen

“If one destroyed in museums and libraries, if one hurled down on the flagstones before the churches all the works and all the monuments…

— Gustave Le Bon

“In the infinite universe of literature there are always other avenues to explore, some brand-new and some exceedingly ancient, styles and forms that can…

— Italo Calvino

Literature helps us transcend ourselves.

— Mohsin Hamid

“Not every story has a happy ending [...], but the discoveries of science, the teachings of the heart and the revelations of the soul…

— Gabor Maté

Science surpasses the old miracles of mythology.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Human nature presents human minds with a puzzle which they have not yet solved and may never succeed in solving, for all that we…

— Arnold Joseph Toynbee

“Oh! science! It has reconsidered everything. For thebody and the soul − the viaticum − we now have medicineand philosophy, old wives’ remedies and…

— Arthur Rimbaud

There are many great authors of the past who have survived centuries of oblivion and neglect, but it is still an open question whether…

— Hannah Arendt

Science is not only a disciple of reason but, also, one of romance and passion.

— Stephen Hawking

All science is transcendental or else passes away.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

In science the new is an advance; but in morals, as contradicting our inner ideals and historic idols, it is ever a retrogression.

— Jean Paul