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It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on
the human mind it has overcome man's read more
It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on
the human mind it has overcome man's insecurity before himself
and before nature.
Philosophy is true mother of the arts. (Science)
[Lat., Philosophia vero omnium mater artium.]
Philosophy is true mother of the arts. (Science)
[Lat., Philosophia vero omnium mater artium.]
While bright-eyed science watches round.
While bright-eyed science watches round.
A theory is something nobody believes, except the person who made it. An experiment is something everybody believes, except the read more
A theory is something nobody believes, except the person who made it. An experiment is something everybody believes, except the person who made it.
Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.
Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.
Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.
Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.
In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be
understood by everyone, something that read more
In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be
understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before.
But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.
When Kepler found his long-cherished belief did not agree with the most precise observation, he accepted the uncomfortable fact. He read more
When Kepler found his long-cherished belief did not agree with the most precise observation, he accepted the uncomfortable fact. He preferred the hard truth to his dearest illusions; that is the heart of science.
My feeling is religious insofar as I am imbued with the consciousness of the insufficiency of the human mind to read more
My feeling is religious insofar as I am imbued with the consciousness of the insufficiency of the human mind to understand more deeply the harmony of the Universe which we try to formulate as "laws of nature