Able Quote by Swami Vivekananda

Mark, therefore, the ordinary theory of practical religion, what it leads to. Charity is great, but the moment you say it is all, you…

— Swami Vivekananda

And, partly, I had found that theory-structure was a superpower in helping one get what one wanted. As I had early discovered in school…

— Charlie Munger

The best theory is inspired by practice.

— Donald Knuth

Being exposed to theory, stimulated by a basic love of concepts and mathematics, was a marvelous experience.

— Rudolph A. Marcus

I don't think there's anything exceptional or noble in being philanthropic. It's the other attitude that confuses me.

— Paul Newman

Theory is splendid but until put into practice, it is valueless.

— James Cash Penney

Every philanthropist has a soft corner for one issue. For me it is health, because my father was a doctor.

— Sudha Murty

“In the past a theory could get by on its beauty; in the modern world a successful theory has to work for a living.”

— Howard Wainer

In 2010, my two Harvard mathematician colleagues and I dismantled kin-selection theory, which was the reigning theory of the origin of altruism at the time.

— E. O. Wilson

The only debatable issue, it seems to me, is whether it is more ridiculous to turn to experts in social theory for general well-confirmed…

— Noam Chomsky

“Theory shows a way to a goal, but it is not the goal. Theory offers security, but there are no secure theories. Theories shed…

— D.A. Blankinship

Charity is the root of all good works.

— Saint Augustine