“Under our present enormous accumulation of books, I do affirm that a most miserable distraction of choice must be very generally incident to the times; that the symptoms of it are in fact very prevalent, and that one of the chief symptoms is an enormous 'gluttonism' for books.” BookFactsChoicesEnormousChiefsMiserableDistractionSymptomsIncidentsAccumulation Book:Letters to a Young Man: And Other Papers Source: Letters to a Young Man: And Other Papers
“It is the close observation of little things which is the secret of success in business, in art, in science, and in every pursuit in life. Human knowledge is but an accumulation of small facts made by successive generations of men--the little bits of knowledge and experience carefully treasured up by them growing at length into a mighty pyramid.” MenHumansLittlesArtMadeFactsBitsSecretGrowingGenerationsLittle BitPursuitObservationLengthLittle ThingsBusiness SuccessAccumulationPyramidsSecret To SuccessHuman KnowledgeTreasuredKnowledge And Experience Book:Self-help: With Illustrations of Character and Conduct Source: Self-help: With Illustrations of Character and Conduct
“One important idea is that science is a means whereby learning is achieved, not by mere theoretical speculation on the one hand, nor by the undirected accumulation of practical facts on the other, but rather by a motivated iteration between theory and practice.” MeanImportantIdeasFactsHandsPracticeTheoryMerePracticalsMotivatedSpeculationTheoreticalAccumulationTheory And Practice Author:George E. P. Box