“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
“True peace of mind can be obtained only when one is personally awakened to the stark-naked fact that every effort is ultimately in vain.” MindFactsEffortNakedVainPeace Of MindAwakenedStarksTrue Peace Author:Zenkei Shibayama
“Whoever thinks algebra is a trick in obtaining unknowns has thought it in vain. No attention should be paid to the fact that algebra and geometry are different in appearance. Algebras (jabbre and maqabeleh) are geometric facts which are proved by propositions five and six of Book two of Elements.” ThinkingShouldTwoBookDifferentFactsAttentionFiveElementsSixPaidAppearanceTricksVainPropositionsGeometryAlgebraObtainingGeometric Author:Omar Khayyam
“I hate symbolic art in which the presentation loses all spontaneous movement in order to become a machine, an allegory -- a vain and misconceived effort because the very fact of giving an allegorical sense to a presentation clearly shows that we have to do with a fable which by itself has no truth either fantastic or direct; it was made for the demonstration of some moral truth.” GivingArtMadeFactsShowsHateOrderLosesEffortMoralMovementDirectMachinesI HateFantasticVainSpontaneousPresentationDemonstrationSymbolicFablesAllegory Author:Luigi Pirandello
“In vain do science and philosophy pose as the arbiters of the human mind, of which they are in fact only the servants. Religion has provided a conception of life, and science travels in the beaten path. Religion reveals the meaning of life, and science only applies this meaning to the course of circumstances.” MindHumansPhilosophyFactsReligionCoursesPathCircumstancesVainServantMeaning Of LifeHuman MindConceptionBeatenArbiterScience And PhilosophyBeaten Path Book:My Religion Source: My Religion