The essence of technology is by no means anything technological. Basic Writings
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Quote:- The essential fact which emerges ... is that the three smallest and most active reservoirs ( of carbon in the global carbon cycle), the atmosphere, the plants and the soil, are all of roughly the same size. This means that large human disturbance of any one of these reservoirs will have large effects on all three. We cannot hope either to understand or to manage the carbon in the atmosphere unless we understand and manage the trees and the soil too.
From Eros to Gaia
Author:- Freeman Dyson
Category:- science
Quote:- The essential point is that systems of knowledge are never given in their entirety at the outset of an investigation. Their meaning unfolds only gradually, through the exploration of their implications with the help of external representations - for example, by doing calculations, applying a conceptual framework to new circumstances, exposing systems to debate within an epistemic community, and so forth. We therefore speak of the 'generative ambiguity' of external representations, which leads to their seemingly paradoxical function in knowledge transmission: on the one hand, they secure and stabilize the transmission of knowledge over generations, thus ensuring its longevity, while they serve, on the other hand, as tools for thinking and thus agents of change and innovation in the transmission of knowledge.
The Evolution of Knowledge: Rethinking Science for the Anthropocene
Author:- Jürgen Renn
Category:- knowledge
Quote:- The ethos of redemption is realied in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.
Blessed Are the Pure of Heart: Catechesis on the Sermon on the Mount and Writings of St. Paul
Author:- Pope John Paul II
Category:- philosophy
Quote:- The ethos of redemption is realized in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.
Author:- Pope John Paul II
Category:- philosophy
Quote:- The European talks of progress because by the aid of a few scientific discoveries he has established a society which has mistaken comfort for civilisation.
Author:- Benjamin Disraeli
Category:- science
Quote:- The evil that is in the world almost always comes from ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.
Author:- Albert Camus
Category:- philosophy
Quote:- The evils of life spring partly from natural causes, partly from men’s hostility to each other. In former times, competition and war were necessary for the securing of food, which could only be obtained by the victors. Now, owing to the mastery of natural forces which science has begun to give, there would be more comfort and happiness for all if all devoted themselves to the conquest of Nature rather than of each other. The representation of Nature as a friend, and sometimes as even an ally in our struggles with other men, obscures the true position of man in the world, and diverts his energies from the pursuit of scientific power, which is the only fight that can bring long-continued well-being to the human race.
Sceptical Essays
Author:- Bertrand Russell
Category:- science
Quote:- The evolution path is an extrapolation of available scenarios. Once the scenarios change, the evolution path also needs to change.
Quantraz
Author:- Sukant Ratnakar
Category:- knowledge
Quote:- The evolution revolution is here. Global sense makes common sense.
GLOBAL SENSE
Author:- Judah Freed
Category:- philosophy
Quote:- The exact time, location, and manner of death are known only by Allah (سبحانه وتعالى); this is part of the unseen. The wisdom of this is that the human will be encouraged to constantly be in a state of preparation for death, knowing that it might occur at any moment.
Psychology from the Islamic Perspective
Author:- Aisha Utz
Category:- motivational
Quote:- The exaltation and happiness of any community, goes hand in hand with the knowledge possessed by the people, when applied to laudable ends; whereupon we can exclaim like the wise man; righteousness exalteth a nation; for righteousness embraces knowledge and knowledge is power.
Author:- Joseph Smith
Category:- knowledge
Quote:- The exaltation of human reason and its capabilities, a commitment to rigorous and rational debate, a promotion of intellectual inquiry and scholarly exchange--all sponsored by the Church--provided the framework for the Scientific Revolution.
Author:- Thomas E. Woods Jr.
Category:- science
Quote:- The exceeding brightness of this early sunMakes me conceive how dark I have become.
The Palm at the End of the Mind: Selected Poems and a Play
Author:- Wallace Stevens
Category:- poetry
Quote:- The excitable observer will pass judgement first and then make knowledge conform to judgement; the prudent observer will first learn to know and then judge according to knowledge.
Category:- knowledge
Quote:- The excitement of dreams coming true is beyond the description of words.
Author:- Lailah Gifty Akita
Category:- inspiration
Quote:- the exclusive worship of the bitch-goddess sucess is our national disease
Author:- William James
Category:- philosophy