QUOTES TO MAKE YOU THINK
Over the years, I have collected quotes that I found interesting or inspired me, so I have decided to share some of them with you. I hope you enjoy them.
We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
(Carl Sagan 1934 - 1996)
Who we are? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of the universe in which there are far more galaxies than people.
(Carl Sagan 1934 - 1996)
When you make the finding yourself - even if you are the last person on earth to is the light - you will never for get it.
(Carl Sagan 1934 - 1996)
It is far better to grasp the universe as it is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
(Carl Sagan 1934 - 1996)
The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
(Carl Sagan 1934 - 1996)
Personally, I would be delighted if there were life after death, especially if it permitted me to continue to learn about this world and others, if it gave me a chance to discover how history turns out.
(Carl Sagan 1934 - 1996)
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
(Carl Sagan 1934 - 1996)
Skeptical scrutiny is the means, which both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be windowed from deep nonsense.
(Carl Sagan 1934 - 1996)
In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
(Carl Sagan 1934 - 1996)
Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.
(Carl Sagan 1934 - 1996)
A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.
(Plato 427BC - 347BC)
Ideology has very little to do with 'consciousness' - It is profoundly unconscious.
(Louis Althusser 1918 - 1990)
Ideology ... is indispensable in any society if men are to be formed, transformed and equipped to respond to the demands of their conditions of existence.
(Louis Althusser 1918 - 1990)
Conscience without judgment is superstition.
(Benjamin Whichcote 1609 - 1683)
None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
(Benjamin Whichote 1609 - 1683)
The strongest sword, the strongest lungs, the most voices, are false measures of truth.
(Benjamin Whichote 1609 - 1683)
It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man.
(Xenophanes 570BC - 480BC)
Men created the Gods in their own image.
(Xenophanes 570BC - 480BC)
Large skepticism leads to large understanding. Small skepticism leads to small understanding. No skepticism leads to no understanding.
(Xi Zhi 1130 - 1200)
You should examine yourself daily. If you find faults, you should correct them. When you find none, you should try even harder.
(Xi Zhi 1130 - 1200)
Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious.
(Zhuangzi 396BC - 286BC)
Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.
(Zhuangzi 396BC - 286BC)
Rewards and punishment is the lowest form of education)
Zhuangzi 396BC - 286BC)
Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.
(Annie Besant 1847 - 1933)
First, he must hold rational values, and to do this he must be a thinker.
(Andrew Bernstein 1949 - )
I know too much to be a skeptic and too little to be a dogmatist.
(Pierre Bayle 1647 - 1706)
The antiquity and general acceptance of an opinion is not assurance of its truth.
(Pierre Bayle 1647 - 1706)
Instinct is untaught ability.
(Alexander Bain 1818 - 1909)
Evil is the interruption of the truth by the pressure of a particular or individual interests.
(Alain Badiou 1937 - )
The strongest arguments prove nothing so long as the conclusions are not verified by experience. Experimental science is the queen of science and the gaol of speculation.
(Roger Bacon 1214 - 1294)
Reasoning draws a conclusion, but does not make conclusion certain, unless the mind discovers it by the path of experience.
(Roger Bacon 1214 - 1294)
For the things of the world cannot be made known without a knowledge of mathematics.
(Roger Bacon 1214 - 1294)
The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did not know.
(Gaston Bachelard 1884 -1962)
The knowledge of anything, since all things have causes, is not acquired or complete unless it is known by its causes.
(Avicenna)
The world is divided into men who have wit but no religion and men who have religion have no wit.
(Avicenna)
A friend to all is a friend to no one.
(Aristotle 384BC - 322BC)
All men by nature desire knowledge.
(Aristotle 384BC - 322BC)
Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults.
(Antisthenes 444BC - 371BC)
Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen.
(Anaxagoras 500BC - 428BC)
Wise men argue causes; fools decide them.
(Anacharsis)
We cannot waste time. We can only waste ourselves.
(George Matthew)
Curiosity began as an act of tearing to pieces or analysis.
(Samual Alexander 1859 - 1938)
Both expectations and memories are more than mere images founded on previous experience.
(Samual Alexander 1859 - 1938)
It is doubting that we come to investigate, and by investigating that we recognize the truth.
(Peter Abclard 1079 - 1142)
The key to wisdom is this - constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and be questioning we arrive at the truth.
(Peter Abclard 1079 - 1142)
i) When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something possible, he is certainly right. When he
states something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
ii) The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the
impossible.
iii) Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
( Arthur C. Clark's three laws)
You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
(Mark Twain)
Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible.
(M.C Escher)
Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not. Either thought is frightening.
(Arthur C. Clark)
Its impossible to travel at the speed of light and certainly not desirable, as one's hat keeps blowing off.
(Woody Allen)
Listen: there's a hell of a good universe next door, let's go.
(E.E Cummings)
A paradox is truth standing on its head to attract attention.
(Nicholas Fallette)
Destiny is not a matter of chance - its a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for - it is a thing to be achieved.
(William Jennings Bryan)
(Carl Sagan 1934 - 1996)
Who we are? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of the universe in which there are far more galaxies than people.
(Carl Sagan 1934 - 1996)
When you make the finding yourself - even if you are the last person on earth to is the light - you will never for get it.
(Carl Sagan 1934 - 1996)
It is far better to grasp the universe as it is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
(Carl Sagan 1934 - 1996)
The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
(Carl Sagan 1934 - 1996)
Personally, I would be delighted if there were life after death, especially if it permitted me to continue to learn about this world and others, if it gave me a chance to discover how history turns out.
(Carl Sagan 1934 - 1996)
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
(Carl Sagan 1934 - 1996)
Skeptical scrutiny is the means, which both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be windowed from deep nonsense.
(Carl Sagan 1934 - 1996)
In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
(Carl Sagan 1934 - 1996)
Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.
(Carl Sagan 1934 - 1996)
A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.
(Plato 427BC - 347BC)
Ideology has very little to do with 'consciousness' - It is profoundly unconscious.
(Louis Althusser 1918 - 1990)
Ideology ... is indispensable in any society if men are to be formed, transformed and equipped to respond to the demands of their conditions of existence.
(Louis Althusser 1918 - 1990)
Conscience without judgment is superstition.
(Benjamin Whichcote 1609 - 1683)
None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
(Benjamin Whichote 1609 - 1683)
The strongest sword, the strongest lungs, the most voices, are false measures of truth.
(Benjamin Whichote 1609 - 1683)
It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man.
(Xenophanes 570BC - 480BC)
Men created the Gods in their own image.
(Xenophanes 570BC - 480BC)
Large skepticism leads to large understanding. Small skepticism leads to small understanding. No skepticism leads to no understanding.
(Xi Zhi 1130 - 1200)
You should examine yourself daily. If you find faults, you should correct them. When you find none, you should try even harder.
(Xi Zhi 1130 - 1200)
Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious.
(Zhuangzi 396BC - 286BC)
Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.
(Zhuangzi 396BC - 286BC)
Rewards and punishment is the lowest form of education)
Zhuangzi 396BC - 286BC)
Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.
(Annie Besant 1847 - 1933)
First, he must hold rational values, and to do this he must be a thinker.
(Andrew Bernstein 1949 - )
I know too much to be a skeptic and too little to be a dogmatist.
(Pierre Bayle 1647 - 1706)
The antiquity and general acceptance of an opinion is not assurance of its truth.
(Pierre Bayle 1647 - 1706)
Instinct is untaught ability.
(Alexander Bain 1818 - 1909)
Evil is the interruption of the truth by the pressure of a particular or individual interests.
(Alain Badiou 1937 - )
The strongest arguments prove nothing so long as the conclusions are not verified by experience. Experimental science is the queen of science and the gaol of speculation.
(Roger Bacon 1214 - 1294)
Reasoning draws a conclusion, but does not make conclusion certain, unless the mind discovers it by the path of experience.
(Roger Bacon 1214 - 1294)
For the things of the world cannot be made known without a knowledge of mathematics.
(Roger Bacon 1214 - 1294)
The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did not know.
(Gaston Bachelard 1884 -1962)
The knowledge of anything, since all things have causes, is not acquired or complete unless it is known by its causes.
(Avicenna)
The world is divided into men who have wit but no religion and men who have religion have no wit.
(Avicenna)
A friend to all is a friend to no one.
(Aristotle 384BC - 322BC)
All men by nature desire knowledge.
(Aristotle 384BC - 322BC)
Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults.
(Antisthenes 444BC - 371BC)
Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen.
(Anaxagoras 500BC - 428BC)
Wise men argue causes; fools decide them.
(Anacharsis)
We cannot waste time. We can only waste ourselves.
(George Matthew)
Curiosity began as an act of tearing to pieces or analysis.
(Samual Alexander 1859 - 1938)
Both expectations and memories are more than mere images founded on previous experience.
(Samual Alexander 1859 - 1938)
It is doubting that we come to investigate, and by investigating that we recognize the truth.
(Peter Abclard 1079 - 1142)
The key to wisdom is this - constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and be questioning we arrive at the truth.
(Peter Abclard 1079 - 1142)
i) When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something possible, he is certainly right. When he
states something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
ii) The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the
impossible.
iii) Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
( Arthur C. Clark's three laws)
You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
(Mark Twain)
Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible.
(M.C Escher)
Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not. Either thought is frightening.
(Arthur C. Clark)
Its impossible to travel at the speed of light and certainly not desirable, as one's hat keeps blowing off.
(Woody Allen)
Listen: there's a hell of a good universe next door, let's go.
(E.E Cummings)
A paradox is truth standing on its head to attract attention.
(Nicholas Fallette)
Destiny is not a matter of chance - its a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for - it is a thing to be achieved.
(William Jennings Bryan)