“[Alternate translation:] The Divine Spirit found a sublime outlet in that wonder of analysis, that portent of the ideal world, that amphibian between being and not-being, which we call the imaginary root of negative unity.” WorldScienceSpiritFoundWonderDivineNegativeIdealsRootsUnityAnalysisImaginarySublimeTranslationsOutletsIdeal WorldPortentsAmphibians Author:Gottfried Leibniz
“The human mind prefers something which it can recognize to something for which it has no name, and, whereas thousands of persons carry field glasses to bring horses, ships, or steeples close to them, only a few carry even the simplest pocket microscope. Yet a small microscope will reveal wonders a thousand times more thrilling than anything which Alice saw behind the looking-glass.” MindHumansPersonsScienceNamesBehindsWonderSawsFieldsThousandHorseGlassesShipsPocketsHuman MindSimplestThrillingMicroscopesSteeples Author:David Fairchild
“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
“You know we're constantly taking. We don't make most of the food we eat, we don't grow it, anyway. We wear clothes other people make, we speak a language other people developed, we use a mathematics other people evolved and spent their lives building. I mean we're constantly taking things. It's a wonderful ecstatic feeling to create something and put it into the pool of human experience and knowledge.” PeopleKnowsHumansMeanUseFeelingsScienceSpeakLanguageGrowsWonderKnowledgeWonderfulBuildingClothesMathematicsPoolHuman ExperienceEcstatic Author:Steve Jobs
“There's no way we can possibly understand anything. But we can see things, we can perceive things, and we can wonder. We can just be in a world of awe and wonder. That's the best we can do.” WorldWayScienceCan DoWonderBuddhismPerceiveAweAwe And Wonder Author:Frederick Lenz
“Metaphysics is the study of how to shift the self. How to get outside the self-reflection and to just gaze with awe and wonder at the countless universes, the countless celestial radiances of mind, of life, of enlightenment, nirvana, or God, whatever you want to call it.” WantMindSelfScienceUniverseWonderStudyBuddhismEnlightenmentReflectionAweMetaphysicsSelf ReflectionCelestialRadianceAwe And Wonder Author:Frederick Lenz
“Louis [Leakey] was anxious to initiate a scientific study of these chimpanzees. It would be difficult, he emphasized, for nothing was known; there were no guidelines for such a field study; and the habitat was remote and rugged. Dangerous wild animals would be living there, and chimpanzees themselves were considered at least four times stronger than humans. I remember wondering what kind of scientist he would find for such a herculean task.” HumansKindWould BeRememberScienceDifficultAnimalKnownWonderStudyFourDangerousFieldsTasksScientistStrongerIronyAnxiousInitiateHabitatWild AnimalChimpanzeesGuidelinesRugged Author:Jane Goodall
“This is *our* Universe, our museum of wonder and beauty, our cathedral.” ScienceReligionUniverseWonderMuseumsCathedrals Author:John Archibald Wheeler
“...All the wonders of our universe can in effect be captured by simple rules, yet ... there can be no way to know all the consequences of these rules, except in effect just to watch and see how they unfold.” KnowsWayScienceUniverseSimpleWonderWatchesEffectsConsequenceMathematicsCaptured Author:Stephen Wolfram
“Before the first atomic bomb test, scientists took the time to calculate whether the blast would ignite the nitrogen in Earth's atmosphere and incinerate us all. The risk was low and the test went off, but Rees wonders what the odds would have had to be to discourage the bomb makers.” FirstsEarthFunnyScienceWonderTechnologyRiskLowsTestsScientistAtmosphereBombsMakersOddsDiscouragingBlastAtomic BombIgniteNitrogen Author:Dennis Overbye
“Boss: I just heard that light travels faster than sound. I'm wondering if I should shout when I speak, just so my lips appear to sync-up with my words.” IfsShouldLightScienceSpeakSoundWonderKnowledgeHeardLipsFasterBossSync Author:Scott Adams
“Dilbert: It took weeks but I've calculated a new theory about the origin of the universe. According to my calculations it didn't start with a "Big Bang" at all-it was more of "Phhbwt" sound. You may be wondering about the practical applications of the "Little Phhbwt" theory. Dogbert: I was wondering when you'll go away.” MayLittlesBigsScienceUniverseSoundWonderWeekTheoryPracticalsGoing AwayApplicationBangsCalculationsDilbert Author:Scott Adams