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“We are in a position similar to that of a mountaineer who is wandering over uncharted spaces, and never knows whether behind the peak which he sees in front of him and which he tries to scale there may not be another peak still beyond and higher up.”

Knows Trying May Stills Science Space Behinds Knowledge Fronts Position Higher Scales Wander Uncharted

Book:The new science: 3 complete works: Where is science going? The universe in the light of modern physics; The philosophy of physics

Source: The new science: 3 complete works: Where is science going? The universe in the light of modern physics; The philosophy of physics

“A wise man ought always to follow the paths beaten by great men, and to imitate those who have been supreme, so that if his ability does not equal theirs, at least it will savor of it. Let him act like the clever archers who, designing to hit the mark which yet appears too far distant, and knowing the limits to which the strength of their bow attains, take aim much higher than the mark, not to reach by their strength or arrow to so great a height, but to be able with the aid of so high an aim to hit the mark they wish to reach.”

Source: The Prince

“What matters it that man should have a little more knowledge of the universe? If he has it, he gets little higher. Is he not always infinitely removed from the end, and is not the duration of our life equally removed from eternity, even if it lasts ten years longer?”

Ifs Men Should Years Littles Ends Matter Lasts Universe Knowledge Our Lives Higher Ten Should Have Eternity Infinity What Matters Duration More Knowledge

Book:Thoughts, Letters & Minor Works

Source: Thoughts, Letters & Minor Works

“All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.”

Ends Reason Understanding Knowledge Higher Perception Senses Express Yourself Knowledge And Ignorance Categorical Imperative

Author:Immanuel Kant

“Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend.”

World Music Knowledge Mankind Higher Music Is Musical Composer Entrances Inspirational Music World Music Music Theory Classical Composers

Author:Ludwig van Beethoven

“And thou my minde aspire to higher things; Grow rich in that which never taketh rust.”

Grows Knowledge Rich Higher Aspire Rust

Author:Philip Sidney

“Knowledge is the antidote to fear,- Knowledge, Use and Reason, with its higher aids.”

Reason Use Knowledge Higher Aids Antidote

Book:The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitude

Source: The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitude

“The mind can proceed only so far upon what it knows and can prove. There comes a point where the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge, but can never prove how it got there. All great discoveries have involved such a leap”

Knows Writing Mind Science Knowledge Higher Involved Prove Discovery Planes Leap

Author:Albert Einstein

“There is nothing higher than reason.”

Reason Knowledge Higher Senses Knowledge And Ignorance Categorical Imperative

Book:Immanuel Kant's Critique Of Pure Reason

Source: Immanuel Kant's Critique Of Pure Reason

“A miracle is nothing more nor less than this One who has come into a knowledge of his true identity, of his oneness with the allpervading Wisdom and Power, thus makes it possible for laws higher than the ordinary mind knows of to be revealed to him.”

Knows Mind Law Knowledge Awareness Identity Higher Ordinary Miracle Oneness True Identity

Author:Ralph Waldo Trine