“Each such answer to the great question, invariably asserted by the followers of its propounder, if not by himself, to be complete and final, remains in high authority and esteem, it may be for one century, or it may be for twenty: but, as invariably, Time proves each reply to have been a mere approximation to the truth tolerable chiefly on account of the ignorance of those by whom it was accepted, and wholly intolerable when tested by the larger knowledge of their successors.” IfsMayHas BeensAnswersCenturyIgnoranceProveAuthorityAccountsTwentiesRemainsMereFinalsAcceptedEsteemFollowersTestedSuccessorsTolerableApproximation Book:The Major Prose of Thomas Henry Huxley Source: The Major Prose of Thomas Henry Huxley
“God is one among several hypotheses to account for the phenomena of human destiny, and it is now proving to be an inadequate hypothesis. To a great many people, including myself, this realization is a great relief, both intellectually and morally. It frees us to explore the real phenomena for which the God hypothesis seeks to account, to define them more accurately, and to work for a more satisfying set of concepts.” PeopleHumansRealGodReligiousDestinyProveConceptsAccountsIncludingRealizationGreat MenReliefSatisfyingHypothesisInadequate Author:Julian Huxley
“Even if someone is competent, it's so damned easy to crucify him as long as he's only working on his father's account. So at the beginning I certainly wanted to prove myself to my father and the rest of society. That quickly turned into a greater challenge. My lifestyle hasn't changed as a result.” IfsLongWantedFatherEasyChallengesResultsGreaterChangedProveAccountsLifestyleCompetentProve Myself Author:Stelios Haji-Ioannou
“I would have thought even a certified idiot like Gabriel here would have taken account of it and notified someone." "Notified who?" asked Jem, not unreasonably. He had moved closer to Tessa as the conversation had continued. As they stood side by side, the backs of their hands brushed. "The Clave. The postman. Us. Anyone," said Will, shooting an irritated look at Gabriel, who was starting to get some color back and looked furious. "I am not a certified idiot—" "Lack of certification hardly proves intelligence," Will muttered.” LooksSaidHandsSidesTakenColorConversationProveAccountsMovedStartingShootingIdiotFuriousIrritatedGabrielJemPostman Author:Cassandra Clare
“The prestige you acquire by being able to tell your friends that you know famous men proves only that you are yourself of small account.” KnowsMenAbleFameProveAccountsReputationAcquirePrestige Book:Mr. Maugham Himself Source: Mr. Maugham Himself
“Whom God legally saves, He experimentally saves; whom He justifies, them He also sanctifies. Where the righteousness of Christ is imputed to an individual, a principle of holiness is imparted to him; the former can only be ascertained by the latter. It is impossible to obtain a Scriptural knowledge that the merits of Christ's finished work are reckoned to my account, except by proving that the efficacy of the Holy Spirit's work is evident in my soul.” SoulSpiritIndividualChristReligiousPrinciplesImpossibleHolyProveAccountsFinishedMy SoulFormerMeritHoly SpiritHolinessLatterJustifyRighteousnessEvidentAssuranceEfficacySanctifyFinished Work Author:Arthur W. Pink
“Round about the accredited and orderly facts of every science there ever floats a sort of dustcloud of exceptional observations, of occurrences minute and irregular and seldom met with, which it always proves more easy to ignore than to attend to.” FactsScienceOrderEasyMinutesMetsProveAccountsRoundsObservationExceptionalFloatsOrderlyScientific FactsIrregularity Author:Benoit Mandelbrot
“My experiences with science led me to God. They challenge science to prove the existence of God. But must we really light a candle to see the sun?” GodLightScienceChallengesExistenceSunProveExperienceAccountsCandleExistence Of GodCreation Science Author:Wernher von Braun
“As our own species is in the process of proving, one cannot have superior science and inferior morals. The combination is unstable and self-destroying.” SelfScienceProcessMoralMoralityProveEthicsAccountsSpeciesSuperiorsCombinationDestroyingInferiorsUnstable Book:Voices from the Sky Source: Voices from the Sky
“I have said that science is impossible without faith. ... Inductive logic, the logic of Bacon, is rather something on which we can act than something which we can prove, and to act on it is a supreme assertion of faith ... Science is a way of life which can only fluorish when men are free to have faith.” MenWaySaidScienceFaithImpossibleProveLogicAccountsSupremeHave FaithAssertion Author:Norbert Wiener
“Science, by itself, cannot supply us with an ethic. It can show us how to achieve a given end, and it may show us that some ends cannot be achieved. But among ends that can be achieved our choice must be decided by other than purely scientific considerations. If a man were to say, "I hate the human race, and I think it would be a good thing if it were exterminated," we could say, "Well, my dear sir, let us begin the process with you." But this is hardly argument, and no amount of science could prove such a man mistaken.” IfsThinkingMenHumansWellsMayEndsShowsWould BeScienceHateChoicesGivenProcessDecisionRaceMistakeAchieveAmountProveAchievementEthicsArgumentDecidedAccountsI HateGood ThingsDearHuman RaceConsiderationMistakenOur Choices Author:Bertrand Russell
“Mathematics is not a deductive science - that's a cliché. When you try to prove a theorem, you don't just list the hypotheses, and then start to reason. What you do is trial and error, experimentation, guesswork.” TryingReasonScienceProveAccountsMathematicsErrorsMathListsTrialsExperimentsMathematicalMathematicianHypothesisTheoremsMath And ScienceTrial And ErrorMathematics And ScienceMathematics By MathematiciansFunny MathematicsLearning MathGuessworkMathematical ProofMaths Funny Author:Paul Halmos