“Hypothesis is a toll which can cause trouble if not used properly. We must be ready to abandon our hypothesis as soon as it is shown to be inconsistent with the facts.” IfsFactsUsedCausesTroubleAtheismReadyPositive AtheismAbandonHypothesisInconsistentTolls Book:The Art of Scientific Investigation Source: The Art of Scientific Investigation
“Our goal in science is to discover universal laws of nature. If one's faith requires one to abandon or ignore natural laws, well, that person is going to have trouble reconciling religion and science. Otherwise, there is no any conflict.” IfsWellsPersonsLawGoalNaturalTroubleConflictUniversalAbandonScience And ReligionLaws Of NatureNatural LawUniversal Laws Author:Bill Nye
“As soon as we abandon our own reason, and are content to rely upon authority, there is no end to our trouble. . . . No Catholic, for instance, takes seriously the text which says that a Bishop should be the husband of one wife.” ShouldEndsReasonWifeTroubleHusbandAuthorityCatholicInstanceRelyAbandonBishopsRely Upon Book:Bertrand Russell's Best Source: Bertrand Russell's Best
“I am out of step with present conditions. When the game is no longer played your way, it is only human to say the new approach is all wrong, bound to lead to trouble, and so on. On one point, however, I am clear. I will not abandon a previous approach whose logic I understand ( although I find it difficult to apply ) even though it may mean foregoing large, and apparently easy, profits to embrace an approach which I don't fully understand, have not practiced successfully, and which possibly could lead to substantial permanent loss of capital.” WayHumansMayMeanGamesEasyDifficultLossStepsClearTroubleConditionsApproachLogicEmbraceBoundsProfitPermanentAbandonNew Approach Author:Warren Buffett
“How can they be delivered from the life of self, who are not willing to abandon all their possessions? How can they believe themselves despoiled of all, who possess the greatest treasure under heaven? Do not oblige me to name it, but judge, if you are enlightened; there is one of them which is less than the other, which is lost before it, but which those who must lose everything have the greatest trouble in parting with.” IfsBelieveSelfNamesLostHeavenLosesTroubleWillingJudgingPossessionTreasureEnlightenedAbandonPartingGreatest Treasure Author:Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon