“I have pondered long, and I know now that only the pure of heart forgive the thirst that leads to dead waters. And only the sure of foot can give a hand to him who stumbles.” KnowsGivingHeartLongHandsWaterFeetPureForgivingThirst Book:Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces Source: Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces
“In the field of Egyptian mathematics Professor Karpinski of the University of Michigan has long insisted that surviving mathematical papyri clearly demonstrate the Egyptians' scientific interest in pure mathematics for its own sake. I have now no doubt that Professor Karpinski is right, for the evidence of interest in pure science, as such, is perfectly conclusive in the Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus.” LongInterestDoubtFieldsPureEvidenceMathematicsUniversitySakeMathematicalNo DoubtProfessorsSurvivingMichiganEgyptianUniversity Of MichiganPapyrus Author:James Henry Breasted
“I have received a commission to make a poster against war. That is a task that makes me happy. Some may say a thousand times that this is not pure art.... but as long as I can work, I want to be effective with my art.” WantMayLongArtI CanWarThousandPureTasksMake Me HappyPostersAgainst War Author:Kathe Kollwitz
“If a baby really has no awareness of himself and is totally thing-directed and at the same time all his states of mind are projected onto things, our second paradox makes sense: on the one hand, thought in babies can be viewed as pure accommodation or exploratory movements, but on the other this very same thought is only one, long, completely autistic waking dream.” IfsMindLongStatesDreamHandsAwarenessMovementBabyPureMake SenseParadoxState Of MindWakingAutisticAccommodations Author:Jean Piaget