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Quote by Alexander von Humboldt

“Collaboration operates through a process in which the successful intellectual achievements of one person arouse the intellectual passions and enthusiasms of others.”

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Alexander von Humboldt

Alexander von Humboldt was a German naturalist, explorer, geographer, and scientist. He is renowned for his extensive research into nature and his innovative contributions to scientific methods. Humboldt's expeditions across South America had a profound impact on fields such as ecology, botany, and geography. more

“. . . you [film critics] always overstress the value of images. You judge films in the first place by their visual impact instead of looking for content. This is a great disservice to the cinema. It is like judging a novel only by the quality of its prose. I was guilty of the same sin when I first started writing for the cinema. . . . Now I feel that only the literary mind can help the movies out of that cul de sac into which they have been driven by mere technicians and artificers.”

Feels Writing Mind Firsts Has Beens Helping Film Values Sin Quality Novel Judging Impact Mere Critics Driven Guilty Crafts Cinema Visuals Prose Technicians Disservice Film Critics

Author:Orson Welles

“O brother man! fold to thy heart thy brother; Where pity dwells, the peace of God is there; To worship rightly is to love each other, Each smile a hymn, each kindly deed a prayer.”

Men Heart Prayer Brother Worship Deeds Pity Folds Love Each Other Hymns Quaker God Is There

Book:Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier

Source: Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier

“God should be most where man is least: So, where is neither church nor priest, And never rag nor form of creed To clothe the nakedness of need,- Where farmer folk in silence meet,- I turn my bell-unsummoned feet; I lay the critic's glass aside, I tread upon my lettered pride, And, lowest-seated, testify To the oneness of humanity; Confess the universal want, And share whatever Heaven may grant. He findeth not who seeks his own, The soul is lost that's saved alone.”

Source: Among the Hills, and Other Poems

“What is the benefit of fasting in our body while filling our souls with innumerable evils? He who does not play at dice, but spends his leisure otherwise, what nonsense does he not utter? What absurdities does he not listen to? Leisure without the fear of God is, for those who do not know how to use time, the teacher of wickedness.”

Knows Doe Soul Play Use Body Evil Know How Teacher Benefits Nonsense Leisure Absurdity Wickedness Filling Fasting Dice

Book:Exegetic Homilies (The Fathers of the Church, Volume 46)

Source: Exegetic Homilies (The Fathers of the Church, Volume 46)

“Over the souls of men spread the condor wings of colossal monsters and all manner of evil things prey upon the heart and soul and body of Man. Yet it may be in some far day the shadows shall fade and the Prince of Darkness be chained forever in his hell. And till then mankind can but stand up stoutly to the monsters in his own heart and without, and with the aid of God he may yet triumph.”

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“... the notions category and functor were not formulated or put in print until the idea of a natural transformation was also at hand.”

Ideas Hands Natural Transformation Notion Math Print Categories

Author:Saunders Mac Lane

“Number is the ruler of forms and ideas, and the cause of gods and demons.”

Ideas Form Causes Numbers Math Demon Rulers Pythagorean Theorem

Author:Pythagoras

“One last word of farewell, dear master and mistress. Whenever you visit my grave, say to yourselves with regret but also happiness in your hearts at the remembrance of my long happy life with you: "Here lies one who loves us and whom we loved." No matter how deep my sleep I shall hear you, and not all the power of death can keep my spirit from wagging a grateful tail.”