Quotes about wisdom and truth

„A mathematician is a person who can find analogies between theorems; a better mathematician is one who can see analogies between proofs and the best mathematician can notice analogies between theories. One can imagine that the ultimate mathematician is one who can see analogies between analogies.“

— Stefan Banach Polish &Ukrainian mathematician 1892 - 1945

„There is one alternative to dark matter, and that is the assumption that Newton's laws don't hold over distances as great as galaxies. But we know that Newton's laws hold over a very large domain. And virtually one hundred percent of the physics and astronomy community believes that there is matter in the universe that does not radiate.“

— Vera Rubin American astronomer 1928 - 2016
As quoted in (1 June 2002)

„Seeing, contrary to popular wisdom, isn't believing. It's where belief stops, because it isn't needed any more.“

— Terry Pratchett English author 1948 - 2015

„Now one could say, at the risk of some superficiality, that there exist principally two types of scientists. The ones, and they are rare, wish to understand the world, to know nature; the others, far more frequent, wish to explain it. The first are searching for truth, often with knowledge that they will not attain it; the second strive for plausibility, for the achievement of an intellectually consistent, and hence successful, view of the world.“

— Erwin Chargaff Ukrinian-born biochemist who emigrated to the United States 1905 - 2002
Heraclitean Fire: Sketches from a Life Before Nature, Paul & Co Pub Consortium, June, 1978.

„Sometimes it is the people no one can imagine anything of who do the things no one can imagine.“

— Alan Turing British mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, and computer scientist 1912 - 1954

„Few mortals know that the kingdom of God includes the kingdom of mundane fulfillments. … The divine realm extends to the earthly; but the later, illusory in nature, does not contain the essence of Reality.“

— Mahavatar Babaji Hindu Yogi
Ch. 34 : Materializing a Palace in the Himalayas

„Let silence be your general rule; or say only what is necessary and in few words.“

— Epictetus philosopher from Ancient Greece 50 - 138
Context: Let silence be your general rule; or say only what is necessary and in few words. We shall, however, when occasion demands, enter into discourse sparingly, avoiding such common topics as gladiators, horse-races, athletes; and the perpetual talk about food and drink. Above all avoid speaking of persons, either in the way of praise or blame, or comparison. If you can, win over the conversation of your company to what it should be by your own. But if you should find yourself cut off without escape among strangers and aliens, be silent. (164).

„On Saturday night, I would see men lusting after half-naked girls dancing at the carnival, and on Sunday morning when I was playing organ for tent-show evangelists at the other end of the carnival lot, I would see these same men sitting in the pews with their wives and children, asking God to forgive them and purge them of carnal desires. And the next Saturday they'd be back at the carnival or some other place of indulgence. I knew then that the Christian church thrives on hypocrisy, and that man's carnal nature will out no matter how much it is purged or scoured by any white-light religion.“

— Anton LaVey Founder of the Church of Satan, author of the Satanic Bible 1930 - 1997
As quoted in the Introduction by Burton H. Wolfe

„No amount of money changes what I do between 'action' and 'cut'... Before I got into the industry, I never imagined I'd have anywhere near the money I have now... I don’t need any more. It's not that I don’t want the money, it's just that I would have been really happy sitting on a beach or surfing every morning... I never had money, and I was very happy without it. When I die, my money's not gonna come with me. My movies will live on – for people to judge what I was as a person. I just want to stay curious.“

— Heath Ledger Australian actor 1979 - 2008
Interview remarks quoted by Honie Stevens, "Squaring the Ledger" https://archive.is/20121206021747/www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22763328-5006011,00.html, The Daily Telegraph, November 18, 2007.

„Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.“

— Walt Whitman American poet, essayist and journalist 1819 - 1892

„I violate the Prohibition law, sure, Who doesn't? The only difference is that I take more chances than the man who drinks a cocktail before dinner and a flock of highballs after it.“

— Al Capone American gangster 1899 - 1947

„Nature is cruel but we don't have to be“

— Temple Grandin, The Way I See It: A Personal Look at Autism & Asperger's

„Wisdom thoroughly learned, will never be forgotten.“

— Pythagoras ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher -585 - -500 BC
Context: Wisdom thoroughly learned, will never be forgotten. Science is got by diligence; but Discretion and Wisdom cometh of GOD. <!-- p. 128

„The significance of God, cause, number, substance or soul consists, as James asserts, in nothing but the tendency of the given concept to make us act or think. If the world should reach a point at which it ceases to care not only about such metaphysical entities but also about murders perpetrated behind closed frontiers or simply in the dark, one would have to conclude that the concepts of such murders have no meaning, that they represent no ‘distinct ideas’ or truths, since they do not make any ‘sensible difference to anybody.“

— Max Horkheimer German philosopher and sociologist 1895 - 1973
describing the pragmatist view, pp. 46-47.

„Silence gives consent.“

— Oliver Goldsmith Irish physician and writer 1728 - 1774

„The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.“

— Socrates classical Greek Athenian philosopher -469 - -399 BC
This is actually a quotation http://books.google.com/books?id=FUIHmRHf8SUC&lpg=PA130&dq=%22not%20on%20fighting%20the%20old%20but%20on%20building%20the%20new%22&pg=PA130#v=onepage&q=%22not%20on%20fighting%20the%20old%20but%20on%20building%20the%20new%22&f=false from a character named Socrates in Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book that Changes Lives http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Way_of_the_Peaceful_Warrior, by Dan Millman.

Quotes about wisdom and truth

„Seeing, contrary to popular wisdom, isn't believing. It's where belief stops, because it isn't needed any more.“

„Sometimes it is the people no one can imagine anything of who do the things no one can imagine.“

„Few mortals know that the kingdom of God includes the kingdom of mundane fulfillments. … The divine realm extends to the earthly; but the later, illusory in nature, does not contain the essence of Reality.“

„Let silence be your general rule; or say only what is necessary and in few words.“

„Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.“

„I violate the Prohibition law, sure, Who doesn't? The only difference is that I take more chances than the man who drinks a cocktail before dinner and a flock of highballs after it.“

„Nature is cruel but we don't have to be“

„Wisdom thoroughly learned, will never be forgotten.“

„Silence gives consent.“

„The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.“

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