“Truth has to persist unaffected, in the past, present and future. That which is absent in two states, how can it be true.” TwoStatesPastBeing TruePersistAbsentPast PresentPast Present And Future Author:Sathya Sai Baba
“Our assent to the hypothesis implies that it is held to be true of all particular instances. That these cases belong to past or to future times, that they have or have not already occurred, makes no difference in the applicability of the rule to them. Because the rule prevails, it includes all cases.” PastDifferencesCasesParticularBeing TrueInstanceHypothesisFuture Time Book:Theory of Scientific Method Source: Theory of Scientific Method
“Were it not for Occam's Razor, which always demands simplicity, I'd be tempted to believe that human beings are more influenced by distant causes than immediate ones. This would especially be true of overeducated people, who are capable of thinking past the immediate, of becoming obsessed by the remote. It's the old stuff, the conflicts we've never come to terms with, that sneaks up on us, half forgotten, insisting upon action.” PeopleThinkingBelieveHumansActionPastCausesStuffTermHuman BeingsHalfBecomingDemandConflictCapableSimplicityForgottenBeing TrueObsessedTemptedSneakRazorsInsistingOld StuffOccam's Razor Author:Richard Russo
“Press on! If Fortune play thee false To-day, tomorrow she'll be true; Whom now she sinks she now exalts, Taking old gifts and granting new, The wisdom of the present hour Makes up the follies past and gone; To weakness, strength succeeds, and power From frailty springs! Press on, press on!” IfsPlayPastHoursGoneTomorrowSucceedSpringWeaknessPressesFortuneBeing TrueTheeFollyFrailty Author:Benjamin