"There is not a piece of science,..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is not a piece of science, but its flank may be turned tomorrow.
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“If we live truly, we shall see truly. It is as easy for the strong man to be strong, as it is for the weak to be weak.”
“A right rule for a club would be,-Admit no man whose presence excludes any one topic.”
“Imagination is a very high sort of seeing, which does not come by study, but by the intellect being where and what it sees, by sharing the path, or circuits of things through forms, and so making them translucid to others.”
More on Science
“One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike -- and yet it is the most precious thing we have.”
“Anaximenes and Anaxagoras and Democritus say that its [the earth's] flatness is responsible for it staying still: for it does not cut the air beneath but covers it like a lid, which flat bodies evidently do: for they are hard to move even for the winds, on account of their resistance.”
“The truth of a theory can never be proven, for one never knows if future experience will contradict its conclusions.”
More on Progress
“Satisfied is a word I use only in reference to my country, and I'll never be satisfied for my country. For this reasons I go on taking difficult paths, and between a paved road and a footpath that goes up the mountain, I choose the footpath. To the great irritation of my bodyguards.”
“Lets take full advantage of this discovery”
“Our daily objectives should include an honest effort to improve on yesterday.”