“That arithmetic is the basest of all mental activities is proved by the fact that it is the only one that can be accomplished by a machine.” FactsActivityMachinesAccomplishedArithmetic Book:Essays of Schopenhauer Source: Essays of Schopenhauer
“The whole strenuous intellectual work of an industrious research worker would appear, after all, in vain and hopeless, if he were not occasionally through some striking facts to find that he had, at the end of all his criss-cross journeys, at last accomplished at least one step which was conclusively nearer the truth.” IfsEndsWholeFactsLastsScienceStepsJourneyHard WorkIntellectualResearchCrossesWorkersVainAccomplishmentAccomplishedHopelessIndustrious Author:Max Planck
“If I have accomplished anything, I owe it, among other fortunate circumstances, to the fact that through the early training bestowed on me by my father, I started, I may fairly say, with an advantage of a quarter of a century over my contemporaries.” IfsMayFactsFatherCenturyCircumstancesTrainingAdvantageFortunateAccomplishedQuartersQuarter Of A Century Book:Autobiography Source: Autobiography