"Man lives for science as well as..." - Quote by William James
Man lives for science as well as bread.
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“All the daily routine of life, our dressing and undressing, the coming and going from our work or carrying through of its various operations, is utterly without mental reference to pleasure and pain, except under rarely realized conditions.”
“Language is the most imperfect and expensive means yet discovered for communicating thought.”
“Men habitually use only a small part of the power which they actually possess.”
More on Science
“The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.”
“Look, first of all, the climate is changing. I don't think the science is clear what percentage is man-made and what percentage is natural. It's convoluted. And for the people to say the science is decided on, this is just really arrogant, to be honest with you, it's this intellectual arrogance that now you can't even have a conversation about it. The climate is changing, and we need to adapt to that reality.”
“Formerly, people thought that if matter disappeared from the universe, space and time would remain. Relativity declares that space and time would disappear with matter.”
More on Purpose
“Our life dreams the Utopia. Our death achieves the Ideal.”
“Don't just live a life; build one.”
“I usually say the aim of life is to be happy. Our existence is based on hope. Our life is rooted in the opportunity to be happy, not necessarily wealthy, but happy within our own minds. If we only indulge in sensory pleasure, we'll be little different from animals. In fact, we have this marvellous brain and intelligence; we must learn to use it.”