“Men always fool themselves when they give up experience for systems born of the imagination. Man is the work of nature, he exists in nature, he is subject to its laws, he can not break free, he can not leave even in thought; it is in vain that his spirit wants to soar beyond the bounds of the visible world, he is always forced to return.” MenWorldWantGivingLawScienceSpiritNatureBornImaginationNaturalBreakSubjectsFoolReturnGiving UpBoundsVainVisibleCan NotSoar Author:Baron d'Holbach
“Is the world ruled by strict laws or not? This question I regard as metaphysical. The laws we find are always hypotheses; which means that they may always be superseded, and that they may possibly be deduced from probability estimates. Yet denying causality would be the same as attempting to persuade the theorist to give up his search; and that such an attempt cannot be backed by anything like a proof.” WorldGivingMayMeanWould BeLawScienceGiving UpRegardProofStrictProbabilityMetaphysicalMechanicHypothesisAttemptingQuantum MechanicsTheoristsCausalityStrict Laws Book:The Logic of Scientific Discovery Source: The Logic of Scientific Discovery
“Suppose someone follows the series "1,3,5,7, ..", and in writing the series 2x+1; and he asked himself "But am I always doing the same thing, or something different every time?" If from one day to the next someone promises: "Tomorrow I will give up smoking", does he say the same thing every day, or every day something different?” IfsGivingWritingDoeDifferentScienceNextTomorrowPromiseOne DayGiving UpMathematicsSeriesSmokingGiving Up Smoking Author:Ludwig Wittgenstein
“Ordinary people aren't going to give up emotions and inspiration just because science sniffs at subjectivity. Science shouldn't be so edgy and defensive. Vandals aren't going to smash their way into laboratories and throw Bibles at the equipment.” PeopleWayGivingInspirationScienceEmotionGiving UpOrdinaryEquipmentOrdinary PeopleLaboratorySubjectivityEdgyVandals Author:Deepak Chopra
“One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away.” IfsLoveLifeGivingLooksTwoEnoughPhilosophyRememberScienceLife IsPurposeThreeStarsWorkFeetAdviceLuckyGiving UpEmptyMathematicsAliensLook UpEngineeringNever Giving UpPhysicistFinding Love Author:Stephen Hawking
“I have steadily endeavored to keep my mind free so as to give up any hypothesis, however much beloved (and I cannot resist forming one on every subject), as soon as the facts are shown to be opposed to it.” GivingMindFactsScienceSubjectsGiving UpBelovedSkepticismHypothesisOpen MindednessScientific TruthKeep An Open MindQuestioning BeliefsMind Free Author:Charles Darwin