Quotes about discovery
discovery answers facts
I made the unexpected but happy discovery that the answer to several of the questions that most occupied me was in fact one and the same: Cook. Michael Pollan
discovery abandoned made
But perhaps the truth newly discovered is itself only temporary and when new discoveries are made these truths too will be abandoned. But one truth remains for ever, and that is the search for truth. Shmuel Yosef Agnon
discovery mind humans
The human mind is an organ for the discovery of truths rather than of falsehoods. Solomon Asch
discovery faces spirituality
Spirituality is your original face; it is the discovery of your intrinsic nature. Rajneesh
discovery together fields
No single discovery from any of these fields denotes proof of evolution, but together they reveal that life evolved in a certain sequence by a particular process. Michael Shermer
discovery achievement purpose
Nature has not been lavish in her endowments, but each person has his or her own potential in terms of achievement and service. The awareness of that potential is the discovery of purpose; the fulfillment of that potential is the discovery of strength. Norman Cousins
discovery appetite cosmic
There's no denying the public's appetite for cosmic discovery. Neil deGrasse Tyson
discovery space would-be
The discovery of any kind of life [in Space] at all would be a tremendous watershed moment in biology, as well as all of science.
discovery two people
As religion is now practiced and science is now practiced, there is no intersection between the two. That is for certain. And it's not for want of trying. Over the centuries, many people - theologians as well scientists - have tried to explore points of intersection. And anytime anyone has declared that harmony has risen up, it is the consequence of religion acquiescing to scientific discovery. In every single case.
discovery people creative
Only when creative people take ownership of cosmic discovery will society accept science as the cultural activity that it is.
discovery
The very nature of science is discoveries, and the best of those discoveries are the ones you don't expect.
discovery important satisfaction
One of the most important discoveries I have ever made is this truth: God is most glorified in me when I am most satisfied in him. This is the motor that drives my ministry as a pastor. It affects everything I do. John Piper
discovery numbers issues
Second issue is the rapidly accelerating increase in the number of vulnerabilities that get discovered every day. And, equally importantly, is the shortening of time between the discovery of the vulnerability and the release of an exploit. John W. Thompson
discovery years desire
By and large it is uniformly true that in mathematics there is a time lapse between a mathematical discovery and the moment it becomes useful; and that this lapse can be anything from 30 to 100 years, in some cases even more; and that the whole system seems to function without any direction, without any reference to usefulness, and without any desire to do things which are useful. John von Neumann
discovery self life-is
Life is an endless process of self-discovery. John W. Gardner
discovery self people
People acting in their own self-interest is the fuel for all the discovery, innovation, and prosperity that powers the world. John Stossel
discovery years giving
I would not give my rotating field discovery for a thousand inventions, however valuable... A thousand years hence, the telephone and the motion picture camera may be obsolete, but the principle of the rotating magnetic field will remain a vital, living thing for all time to come. Nikola Tesla
discovery effort taxation
No one can become rich by the efforts of only their toil, but only by the discovery of some method of taxing the labor of others. John Ruskin
discovery views objectivity
Of course, Einstein was a very great scientist indeed, and I have enormous respect for him, and great admiration for the discoveries he made. But he was very committed to a view of the objectivity of the physical world. John Polkinghorne
discovery two history
The significance of Columbus's discovery was that on a round earth, humanity is more interconnected than on a flat one. On a round earth, the two most distant points are closer together than they are on a flat earth. Matt Taibbi
discovery honor fundamentals
It is a remarkable honor to receive a Nobel Prize, because it not only recognizes discoveries, but also their usefulness to the advancement of fundamental science. Peter Agre
discovery law ideas
The worth of a new idea is invariably determined, not by the degree of its intuitiveness-which incidentally, is to a major extent a matter of experience and habit-but by the scope and accuracy of the individual laws to the discovery of which it eventually leads. Max Planck
discovery civilization hysteria
Hysteria and degeneration have always existed; but they formerly showed themselves sporadically, and had no importance in the life of the whole community. It was only the vast fatigue which was experienced by the generation on which the multitudes of discoveries and innovations burst abruptly, imposing on it organic exigencies greatly surpassing its strength, which created favourable conditions under which these maladies could gain ground enormously, and become a danger to civilization. Max Nordau
discovery civilization fire
Next to the striking of fire and the discovery of the wheel, the greatest triumph of what we call civilization was the domestication of the human male.
discovery astrology intellectual
But just as astronomy succeeded astrology, following Kepler's discovery of planetary regularities, the discoveries of these many principles in empirical explorations of intellectual processes in machines should lead to a science, eventually. Marvin Minsky
discovery self individual
Freud made the discovery- quite genuinely, simply through working on his own material- that the more deeply one explores the phenomena of human individuation, the more unreservedly one grasps the individual as a self-contained and dynamic entity, the closer one draws to that in the individual which is really no longer individual. Theodor Adorno
discovery play would-be
There would be more genuine rejoicing at the discovery of a complete new novel by Jane Austen than any other literary discovery, short of a new major play by Shakespeare. Margaret Drabble
discovery mind vision
We can no longer stand at the end of something we visualized in detail and plan backwards from that future. Instead we must stand at the beginning, clear in our mind, with a willingness to be involved in discovery... it asks that we participate rather than plan. Margaret J. Wheatley
discovery able electricity
Why, sir, there is every probability that you will soon be able to tax it! Said to William Gladstone, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he asked about the practical worth of electricity. Michael Faraday
discovery each-day life-is
Life is a creation, not a discovery. You do not live each day to discover what it holds for you, but to create it Neale Donald Walsch
discovery challenges trying
You will enrich your life immeasurably if you approach it with a sense of wonder and discovery, and always challenge yourself to try new things. Nate Berkus
discovery criticism critics
Let us consider the critic, therefore, as a discoverer of discoveries. Milan Kundera
discovery talent reason
Reason shows itself in all occurrences of life; whereas the brute makes no discovery of such a talent, but in what immediately regards his own preservation or the continuance of his species. Joseph Addison