Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
“Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.”
— Will Durant · Science
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Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
“Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.”
— Will Durant · Science
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“Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.”
“There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not cure.”
“Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.”
“To the Hindu mind there was no real gap between animals and men; animals as well as men had souls, and souls were perpetually passing from men into animals, and back again; all these species were woven into one infinite web of Karma and reincarnation. The elephant, for example, became the god Ganesha, and was recognized as Shiva’s son; he personified man’s animal nature, and at the same time his image served as a charm against evil fortune. Monkeys and snakes were terrible, and therefore divine. The cobra or naga, whose bite causes almost immediate death, received especial veneration; annually the people of many parts of India celebrated a religious feast in honor of snakes, and made offerings of milk and plantains to the cobras at the entrance to their holes. Temples have been erected in honor of snakes, as in eastern Mysore; great numbers of reptiles take up their residence in these buildings, and are fed and cared for by the priests.”
“Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the seat of the memory.”
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to compute it.”
“Science flies you to the moon. Religion flies you into buildings.”
“Writing is the art of weaving silence into words, turning the quietest thoughts into the loudest echoes.”
“One day, on tearing off some old bark, I saw two rare beetles, and seized one in each hand. Then I saw a third and new kind, which I could not bear to lose, so I popped the one which I held in my right hand into my mouth. Alas! it ejected some intensely acrid fluid, which burnt my tongue so that I was forced to spit the beetle out, which was lost, as was the third one.”
“Think about it; the quicktank is given a job most of us would laugh out of town. Build a sophisticated camera capable of full 3-D input and peripheral pickup, using only water and jelly.”
“The real purpose of the scientific method is to make sure nature hasn’t misled you into thinking you know something you actually don’t know.”