As quoted in The Cat Lover's Book of Fascinating Facts : A Felicitous Look at Felines (1997) by Ed Lucaire
“Experiments are intended to teach, and not to mystify.”
William Sturgeon (1783–1850) British inventor
on the experiments used in his lectures on Galvanism. [William Sturgeon, A Course of Twelve Elementary Lectures on Galvanism, London : Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 1843, 33-34, http://www.archive.org/details/courseoftwelveel00sturrich]
Anatole France book The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard
L'art d'enseigner n'est que l'art d'éveiller la curiosité des jeunes âmes pour la satisfaire ensuite.
Pt. II, ch. 4
The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard (1881)
Maimónides book The Guide for the Perplexed
Source: Guide for the Perplexed (c. 1190), Part III, Ch.25
Maimónides book The Guide for the Perplexed
Source: Guide for the Perplexed (c. 1190), Part III, Ch.12
Context: Those who observe the nature of the Universe and the commandments of the Law, and know their purpose, see clearly God's mercy and truth in everything; they seek, therefore, that which the Creator intended to be the aim of man, viz., comprehension. Forced also by claims of the body, they seek that which is necessary for the preservation of the body, "bread to eat and garment to clothe," and this is very little; but they seek nothing superfluous; with very slight exertion man can obtain it, so long as he is contented with that which is indispensable.
“Everything in this life has a purpose, there are no mistakes, no coincidences.”
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (1926–2004) American psychiatrist
“[Everything] ideal has a natural basis and everything natural an ideal development.”
George Santayana (1863–1952) 20th-century Spanish-American philosopher associated with Pragmatism
The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress (1905-1906), Vol. I, Reason in Common Sense
“Arguing with reality is like trying to teach a cat to bark—hopeless.”
Byron Katie (1942) American spiritual writer
Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life (2002)
