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These terrible sociologists, who are the astrologers and alchemists of our twentieth century.
A few drops of science will often disinfect an entire barrel full of ignorance and prejudice.
A function to each organ, and each organ to its own function, is the law of all organization.
In our educational institutions applied science may almost be described as a "no-man's land."
Nothing tends so much to the advancement of knowledge as the application of a new instrument.
To think the universe is only composed of the physical universe is to be rather shortsighted.
I don't really see science fiction as fiction. I can imagine colonies on Mars and everything.
And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, that one small head could carry all he knew.
I believe that natural history has lost much by the vague general treatment that is so common.
Science and technology are going to be the basis for many of the solutions to social problems.
Psychic perception is a much more efficient and accurate method of seeing and knowing reality.
Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of nationality.
All things are the same except for the differences, and different except for the similarities.
Psychology is the science of the intellects, characters and behavior of animals including man.
There wanted not some beams of light to guide men in the exercise of their Stocastick faculty.
Most variables can show either an upward or downward trend, depending on the base year chosen.
Problems are the price of progress. Don't bring me anything but trouble. Good news weakens me.
Recreational number theory [...] is that part of number theory that is too difficult to study.
We create our future, by well improving present opportunities: however few and small they are.
Science was many things, Nadia thought, including a weapon with which to hit other scientists.
The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith, but by verification.
Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.
Advertising: the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.
A totally blind process can by definition lead to anything; it can even lead to vision itself.
The study of mathematics is, if an unprofitable, a perfectly harmless and innocent occupation.
I'm a huge fan of science fiction and fantasy - not so much horror because I get a bit scared.
Philosophy! Empty thinking by ignorant conceited men who think they can digest without eating!
Knowledge comes by taking things apart, analysis. But wisdom comes by putting things together.
We know from science that nothing in the universe exists as an isolated or independent entity.
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.
We cannot take one step in geology without drawing upon the fathomless stores of by-gone time.
A metaphysical conclusion is either a false conclusion or a concealed experimental conclusion.
The origin and the causes of disease are far too recondite for the human mind to unravel them.
Faith is a fine invention When gentlemen can see, But microscopes are prudent In an emergency.
There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth.
There's plenty of water in the universe without life, but nowhere is there life without water.
In the last analysis the entire field of psychology may reduce to biological electrochemistry.
There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.
Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.
But because we live in an age of science, we have a preoccupation with corroborating our myths.
Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin.
Nothing cools so fast as undue enthusiasm. Water that has boiled freezes sooner than any other.
Understanding what and why did not work may be more instructive than celebrating our successes.
When introduced at the wrong time or place, good logic may be the worst enemy of good teaching.
Nothing inspires more reverence and awe in me than an old man who knows how to change his mind.
I write in a mathematical manner. For some of my songs, I rhyme every syllable. It's a science.
There is no science in creativity. If you don't give yourself room to fail, you won't innovate.
To begin with, we put the proposition: pure phenomenology is the science of pure consciousness.
Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden stuff.
The same set of statistics can produce opposite conclusions at different levels of aggregation.