Belief Quote by Vannevar Bush

“A belief may be larger than a fact. A faith that is overdefined is the very faith most likely to prove inadequate to the great moments of life.” quote by Vannevar Bush — Download Open image

“A belief may be larger than a fact. A faith that is overdefined is the very faith most likely to prove inadequate to the great moments of life.”

Vannevar Bush

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The camera hound of the future wears on his forehead a lump a little larger than a walnut.

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If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of arithmetic, we should not get very far in our understanding of the physical world.…

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Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. Nearly all men of science, all men of learning for that matter, and men of simple ways too, have it in some form and in some degree. It isthe faith that it is the privilegeof man to learn to understand, and that this is his mission. If we abandon that mission under…

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Science can give mankind a better standard of living, better health and a better mental life, if mankind in turn gives science the sympathy…

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The responsibility for the creation of new scientific knowledge - and for most of its application - rests on that small body of men and women who understand the fundamental laws of nature and are skilled in the techniques of scientific research. We shall have rapid or slow advance on any scientific frontier depending on the number of highly qualified…

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If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of arithmetic, we should not get very far in our understanding of the physical world

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Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to learn to understand, and…

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A belief may be larger than a fact.

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It was through the Second World War that most of us suddenlyappreciated for the first time the power of man's concentrated efforts to understand…

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Wholly new forms of encyclopedias will appear, ready made with a mesh of associative trails running through them, ready to be dropped into the…

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Give these people money, let them play, and they'll come up with something.

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The scene changes but the aspirations of men of good will persist.

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“Here is a fundamental difference between the man of faith and the man of unbelief. The unbeliever is 'of the world', judges everything by worldly standards, views life from the standpoint of time and sense, and weighs everything in the balances of his own carnal making. But the man of faith brings in God, looks at everything from His standpoint,…

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“Rigid traditions capture souls prisons of spiritual thought man’s religion has captured a god grown too small and very weak.”

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We can find common qualities and common values that have made Britain the country it is. Our belief in tolerance and liberty which shines…

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I have tried to resign myself, and to console myself; and that, I hope, I may have done imperfectly; but what I cannot firmly settle in my mind is, that the end will absolutely come. I hold her hand in mine, I hold her heart in mine, I see her love for me, alive in all its strength. I cannot…

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