Quotes
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Of God and Men
‘Men ought not to play God before they learn to be men.‘― Paul Ramsey
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Science and Method
‘The scientist does not study nature because it is useful. He studies it because he takes pleasure in it, and het takes pleasure in it because it is beautiful.‘― Henry Poincare, Science & Method, 1908
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What might have been
‘It’s no use thinking of the chap you might have been.‘― James Clerk Maxwell
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Camerado !
This is not a book;Who touchesthis,touchesa WoMan: (Is it night?are we herealone?) It is Iyou hold,And whoholds you; I springfromthe pagesintoyourarms …― Walt Whitman
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Karl Marx
Who rushes behind with wild bluster ? A swarthy fellow from Trier, a vigorous monster. He walks not, he hops not, he leaps on his heals And raves, full of rage, as if he wanted to seize The broad canopy of heaven, and pull it down to earth, His arms extended very wide in the…
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Knowledge
‘The known is finite, the unknown infinite; intellectually we stand on an islet in the midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability. Our business in every generation is to reclaim a little more land, to add something to the extent and solidity of our possessions.‘― Thomas Henry Huxley
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Poetic Linnaeus
‘Poets are born, not made. I was not born a poet, but a botanist instead, so I offer the fruit of the little harvest which God has vouchsafed me.‘― Carolus Linnaeus
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A bit of common sense
‘Let all reasoning be silent when experience gainsays its conclusion.‘― William Harvey
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Preserve your health
‘Strive to preserve your health, and in this you will the better succeed in proportion as you keep clear of the physicians, for their drugs are a kind of alchemy concerning which there are no fewer books than there are medicines.‘― Leonardo da Vinci
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