"Geology is part of that remarkable dynamic process……" — Reinout Willem van Bemmelen
"Geology is part of that remarkable dynamic process of the human mind which is generally called science and to which man is driven by an inquisitive urge. By noticing relationships in the results of his observations, he attempts to order and to explain the infinite variety of phenomena that at first sight may appear to be chaotic. In the history of civilization this type of progressive scientist has been characterized by Prometheus stealing the heavenly fire, by Adam eating from the tree of knowledge, by the Faustian ache for wisdom."
—
Reinout Willem van Bemmelen
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
9 Quotes by Reinout Willem van Bemmelen
Reinout Willem van Bemmelen has 9 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
Geology differs from physics, chemistry, and biology in that the possibilities for experiment are limited.
-
We will be able to depart this life with the quiet peace-giving notion, that we were permitted to contribute to…
-
Experiments in geology are far more difficult than in physics and chemistry because of the greater size of the objects,…
-
As geology is essentially a historical science, the working method of the geologist resembles that of the historian. This makes…
-
[In geology,] As in history, the material in hand remains silent if no questions are asked. The nature of these…
-
[The] subjective [historical] element in geologic studies accounts for two characteristic types that can be distinguished among geologists: one considering…
-
There is, however, no universal recipe for scientific advance. It is a matter of groping forward into terra incognita of…
-
In our lives we have known hell and heaven; the final balance, however, is that we helped pave the way…
See all 9 quotes by Reinout Willem van Bemmelen »
More Ache Quotes
This quote is filed under Ache Quotes,
one of 420 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
What used to keep me up at night was the fact that I didn't know how I was going to…
— Paul Auster
-
As a kid, I grew to define what I didn't want my life to be like by sitting behind moaning…
— Julie Burchill
-
The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool.
— Edwin Hubbel Chapin
-
The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and…
— Maya Angelou
-
There is one topic peremptorily forbidden to all well-bred, to all rational mortals, namely, their distempers. If you have not…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
-
If you grow a garden you are going to shed some sweat, and you are going to spend some time…
— Wendell Berry
-
You've got to love what you're doing. If you love it, you can overcome any handicap, or the soreness, or…
— Gordie Howe
-
Honor your humanness and all of your feelings - the messy ones, the growing pains, the ache - because we…
— Sabrina Ward Harrison
-
What's it like, Lexy? You wake up and you feel - what? Heaviness, an ache inside, a weight, yes. A…
— Carolyn Parkhurst
-
A new wound makes all the old ones ache again.
— Mignon McLaughlin
-
Tell them, that, to ease them of their griefs, Their fear of hostile strokes, their aches, losses, Their pangs of…
— William Shakespeare
-
Who can depart from his pain and aloneness without regret? Too many fragments of the spirit have I scattered in…
— Khalil Gibran
See all 420 Ache Quotes »
