“I believe that there is a fundamental mystery in my existence, transcending any biological account of the development of my body (including my brain) with its genetic inheritance and its evolutionary origin. ... I cannot believe that this wonderful gift of a conscious existence has no further future, no possibility of another existence under some other unimaginable conditions.” BelieveBodyI BelieveExistenceBrainWonderfulMysteryConditionsPossibilityDevelopmentConsciousAccountsFundamentalsIncludingInheritanceUnimaginableTranscending Author:John Eccles
“With money we really fool ourselves. We are our biggest enemies with money and there are some things we can do about it. Automatic deductions are a wonderful thing. But ideally, you should wait until the end of the month, you can see how much extra money you had, and you should put that in your savings account. We don't do that too well, and if we did that, we would never save. So, what we do, is we take money out of our pocket into the saving account at the beginning of the month, take it outside of our control and as a consequence, we spend less and we save more.” IfsShouldWellsEndsWaitingCan DoEnemyWonderfulFoolMonthsConsequenceAccountsSavingExtrasPocketsWonderful ThingsSavingsDeductionsSavings Accounts Author:Dan Ariely
“I did a lot of reading of first person accounts from Koreans and combatants and aid workers. And I spoke to relatives. A lot of wonderful photographs were made available to me from that period - 1950-1956 - and those were given to me by a Korean newspaper in Seoul. Ruined villages, refugees streaming through a river valley, GI's and orphans and orphanages, those tiny details that you can only see in a picture.” FirstsPersonsMadeReadingGivenWonderfulPeriodsRiversAccountsWorkersPhotographDetailsAvailableAidsTinyNewspapersSpokesVillageValleysRuinedRefugeeKoreanFirst PersonOrphanStreamingOrphanageGis Author:Chang-Rae Lee
“Science ... must be absorbed in order to inculcate that wonderful humility before the facts of nature that comes from close attention to a textbook, and that unwillingness to learn from Authority that comes from making almost verbatim lecture notes and handing them back to the professor.” FactsScienceOrderAttentionLearningWonderfulHumilityAuthorityAccountsNotesProfessorsLecturesTextbooks Book:Science is a sacred cow Source: Science is a sacred cow
“I've always loved Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. There's this wonderful chapter in which we get a first-person account of the monster's first impressions of the world, being in the woods and taking things in. We're seeing the world as if for the first time. That's just fascinating.” IfsWorldFirstsPersonsWonderfulSeeingFirst TimeAccountsWoodsMonstersImpressionFascinatingMaryChaptersFirst PersonSeeing The WorldFirst ImpressionShelley Author:Mordicai Gerstein
“Instruction for life: Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk. When you lose, don't lose the lesson. Follow the three R's: - Respect for self. - Respect for others. - Responsibility for all your actions. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.” KnowsWantSelfSometimesActionRememberThreeLosesResponsibilityBreakKnow HowWonderfulRiskLessonsAchievementAccountsLuckWhat You WantSelf RespectInstructionStrokesRespecting OthersGreat LoveGreat AchievementGreat RiskGetting What You Want Author:H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
“Modern science is necessarily a double-edged tool, a tool that cuts both ways. ... There is no doubt that a Zeppelin is a wonderful thing; but that did not prevent it from becoming a horrible thing.” WayScienceWonderDoubtCuttingWonderfulModernBecomingToolsAccountsHorribleNo DoubtWonderful ThingsModern ScienceHorrible ThingsZeppelins Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it. One should earn one's living by work of which one is sure one is capable. Only when we do not have to be accountable to anybody can we find joy in scientific endeavor.” IfsShouldDoeScienceJoyWonderfulCapableAccountsMemorableEndeavorWonderful Things Book:Albert Einstein, The Human Side: Glimpses from His Archives Source: Albert Einstein, The Human Side: Glimpses from His Archives
“Science is wonderful at destroying metaphysical answers, but incapable of providing substitute ones. Science takes away foundations without providing a replacement. Whether we want to be there or not, science has put us in the position of having to live without foundations. It was shocking when Nietzsche said this, but today it is commonplace; our historical position-and no end to it is in sight-is that of having to philosophise without 'foundations'.” WantSaidEndsTodayScienceAnswersWonderfulPositionAccountsSightFoundationHistoricalSubstitutesDestroyingProvidingIncapableShockingMetaphysicalCommonplaceReplacementsEnquiry Author:Hilary Putnam