“But we are as other men, exactly. Of one blood, one species, one brain, one figure, one fundamental set of collective instincts, one solitary body of information, one everything. Superiority and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.” MenBodyIndividualBrainBloodFiguresInformationFundamentalsInstinctSpeciesCollectivesSolitarySuperiorityInferiority Author:Philip Wylie
“The work of the painter, the poet or the musician, like the myths and symbols of the savage, ought to be seen by us, if not as a superior form of knowledge, at least as the most fundamental and the only one really common to us all; scientific thought is merely the sharp point more penetrating because it has been whetted on the stone of fact, but at the cost of some loss of substance and its effectiveness is to be explained by its power to pierce sufficiently deeply for the main body of the tool to follow the head.” IfsHas BeensFactsBodyFormLossCommonPoetOughtCostMusicianToolsStonesFundamentalsMythSuperiorsPainterSymbolsSubstanceSavagesEffectivenessPierce Book:Tristes Tropiques Source: Tristes Tropiques
“The responsibility for the creation of new scientific knowledge - and for most of its application - rests on that small body of men and women who understand the fundamental laws of nature and are skilled in the techniques of scientific research. We shall have rapid or slow advance on any scientific frontier depending on the number of highly qualified and trained scientists exploring it.” MenBodyLawNumbersResponsibilityCreationResearchMen And WomenScientistFundamentalsTechniqueApplicationExploringRapidsQualifiedFrontiersLaws Of NatureScientific ResearchScientific Knowledge Author:Vannevar Bush
“Survival is as much a matter of grace as fight. The expression, 'grace under pressure' implies the attainment of equanimity and equilibrium. The fundamental durability of the human body surprises us because the pain can be so intense - yet pain is often transient and hides the tremendous effforts the body is engaged in to heal itself.” HumansMatterBodyPainFightingGraceExpressionSurvivalPressureFundamentalsSurpriseHealIntenseEngagedHuman BodyAttainmentEquilibriumTransientEquanimityUnder PressureDurabilityGrace Under PressureHeal Itself Book:A Match to the Heart: One Woman's Story of Being Struck By Lightning Source: A Match to the Heart: One Woman's Story of Being Struck By Lightning