“One (practitioner of science) is the educated man who still has a controlled sense of wonder before the universal mystery, whether it hides in a snail's eye or within the light that impinges on that delicate organ.” MenStillsLightEyeWonderMysteryUniversalEducatedControlledDelicateOrgansSense Of WonderSnailEducated ManWonder And Mystery Author:Loren Eiseley
“In the end, science as we know it has two basic types of practitioners. One is the educated man who still has a controlled sense of wonder before the universal mystery, whether it hides in a snail's eye or within the light that impinges on that delicate organ. The second kind of observer is the extreme reductionist who is so busy stripping things apart that the tremendous mystery has been reduced to a trifle, to intangibles not worth troubling one's head about.” KnowsMenKindHas BeensStillsTwoEndsLightEyeScienceWonderMysteryTypeUniversalBusyExtremesEducatedControlledDelicateOrgansObserversTriflesSense Of WonderSnailStrippingEducated Man Author:Loren Eiseley
“The pursuit of art is a delicate balance between influence and self-assertiveness. As self-realized artists, we all have different levels of tolerance for this mystery. Influence is like Scotch; it's good to know your personal limit.” KnowsArtDifferentSelfArtistLevelsMysteryInfluenceBalanceLimitsArt IsTolerancePursuitDelicateDifferent LevelsScotchAssertivenessPersonal Limits Author:Robert Genn
“I can watch elephants (and elephants alone) for hours at a time, for sooner or later the elephant will do something very strange... There is mystery behind that masked gray visage, and ancient life force, delicate and mighty, awesome and enchanted, commanding the silence ordinarily reserved for mountain peaks, great fires, and the sea.” InspirationalI CanMotivationalForceHoursAnimalBehindsSilenceWatchesFireMysterySeaStrangeMountainAncientGrayDelicateSooner Or LaterElephantsReservedEnchantedMountain Peaks Book:African Silences Source: African Silences
“With lacquerware there is an extra beauty in that moment between removing the lid and lifting the bowl to the mouth, when one gazes at the still, silent liquid in the dark depths of the bowl, its colour hardly differing from that of the bowl itself. What lies within the darkness one cannot distinguish, but the palm senses the gentle movements of the liquid, vapour rises from within, forming droplets on the rim, and the fragrance carried upon the vapour brings a delicate anticipation ... a moment of mystery, it might almost be called, a moment of trance.” StillsMomentsMightLyingDarkDarknessMysteryMovementMouthsSilentDepthSensesGentleExtrasColourThat MomentDelicateAnticipationBowlsPalmsFragranceLiftingLiquidTranceRimsVapourDroplets Author:Junichiro Tanizaki
“Everyone should consider his body as a priceless gift from one whom he loves above all, a marvelous work of art, of indescribable beauty, and mystery beyond human conception, and so delicate that a word, a breath, a look, nay, a thought may injure it.” InspirationalShouldHumansLooksMayArtBodyMysteryBreathsWorks Of ArtConceptionDelicateMarvelousPricelessIndescribable Author:Nikola Tesla
“We lay on the ground and kissed. Perhaps you smile. That we only lay on the ground and kissed. You young people can lend your bodies now, play with them, give them as we could not. But remember that you have paid a price: that of a world rich in mystery and delicate emotion. It is not only species of animal that die out. But whole species of feeling. And if you are wise you will never pity the past for what it did not know. But pity yourself for what it did.” PeopleIfsKnowsWorldGivingPlayWholeFeelingsBodyPastRememberYoungDiesAnimalEmotionRichWiseMysteryPaidLaysSpeciesYour BodyPityDelicate Author:John Fowles
“Today it may seem that your anger is very strong, how can meditation break it? But it breaks - it has always broken. Rock is very strong and meditation is very delicate, but this is the mystery of life - the continuity of the delicate can break the strongest and the hardest.” MaySeemsTodayStrongBreakMeditationMysteryRocksBrokenAngerHardestStrongestDelicateVery StrongContinuityMystery Of Life Author:Rajneesh