“To take no account of oneself, but always to think well and highly of others is the highest wisdom and perfection.” ThinkingWellsWisdomHighestPerfectionAccountsOneself Author:Thomas a Kempis
“Reunions are always fraught with awkward tensions - the necessity to account for oneself; the attempt to find, through memories, an ember of the old emotions.” SchoolMemoriesEmotionFamilyHigh SchoolAccountsOneselfTensionAwkwardReunionEmbers Author:Anita Shreve
“There's something very noble about bringing home a paycheck to provide for oneself and one's family. However, there's so much more to work than just a paycheck. This is unfortunately a very common view which I believe accounts in part for the statistic that approximately 70% of people are disengaged at work. Think about the loss of meaning and productivity and the staggering economic implications of that statistic.” PeopleThinkingBelieveHomeI BelieveLossViewsCommonEconomicAccountsOneselfNobleProductivityImplicationsPaychecksStaggering Author:David Kim
“The most important thing is not to think very much about oneself. To investigate candidly the charge; but not fussily, not very anxiously. On no account to retaliate by going to the other extreme -- thinking too much.” ThinkingImportantToo MuchAccountsImportant ThingsOneselfExtremesThinking Too Much Book:Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated)
“I think that it is useless to fight directly against natural weaknesses. One has to force oneself to act as though one did not have them in circumstances where a duty makes it imperative; and in the ordinary course of life one has to know these weaknesses, prudently take them into account, and strive to turn them to good purpose; for they are all capable of being put to some good purpose.” ThinkingKnowsHappinessPurposeTurnsFightingCoursesForceNaturalDutyCircumstancesCapableOrdinaryWeaknessAccountsStriveOneselfUselessImperativesCourse Of Life Book:Waiting on God (Routledge Revivals) Source: Waiting on God (Routledge Revivals)
“That one must do some work seriously and must be independent and not merely amuse oneself in life-this our mother [Marie Curie] has told us always, but never that science was the only career worth following.” ScienceMotherCareersHard WorkAccountsIndependentOneselfFollowingMarie Author:Irene Joliot-Curie
“It is more important to have beauty in one's equations than to have them fit experiment... It seems that if one is working from the point of view of getting beauty in one's equations, and if one has really a sound insight, one is on a sure line of progress. If there is not complete agreement between the results of one's work and experiment, one should not allow oneself to be too discouraged, because the discrepancy may well be due to minor features that are not properly taken into account and that will get cleared up with further developments of the theory.” IfsShouldWellsMayImportantSeemsScienceSoundLinesResultsViewsTakenProgressTheoryDevelopmentFitAccountsOneselfInsightDuesPoint Of ViewExperimentsFeaturesAgreementMinorsEquationsDiscouragedDiscrepanciesMathematical BeautyMathematical Equations Author:Paul Dirac
“The fascination of any search after truth lies not in the attainment, which at best is found to be very relative, but in the pursuit, where all the powers of the mind and character are brought into play and are absorbed by the task. One feels oneself in contact with something that is infinite and one finds joy that is beyond expression in sounding the abyss of science and the secrets of the infinite mind.” FeelsMindPlayCharacterScienceJoyLyingFoundSecretExpressionTasksAccountsInfiniteOneselfPursuitContactRelativeAbyssFascinationAttainmentPower Of The Mind Author:Florence Bascom