#science

Remember that every science is based upon an abstraction. An abstraction is taking a point of view or looking at things under a certain aspect or from a particular angle. All sciences are differentiated by their abstraction. ↗

— Fulton J. Sheen

#science #life

And the mountains, the flowers, the sky. Earth. Beyond that door was Earth. And life. ↗

— Beth Ravis

#young-adult #life

Will wrestled with his conscience, grappled it to the ground and sat on it until he couldn't hear a squeak out of it. ↗

— Nick Hornby

#life #people #life

It's true; life really is generous to those who pursue their Personal Legend. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#magic #science #inspirational

To the man of science, on his unassuming and laborious travels, which must often enough be journeys through the desert, there appear those glittering mirages called 'philosophical systems'; with bewitching deceptive power they show the solution of all enigmas and the freshest draught of the true water of life to be near at hand; his heart rejoices, and it seems to the weary traveller that his lips already touch the goal of all the perseverance and sorrows of the scientific life... Other natures again, may well grow exceedingly ill-humoured and curse the salty taste which these apparitions leave behind in the mouth and from which arises a raging thirst – without one having been brought so much as a step nearer to any kind of spring. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#enigma #goals #knowledge #mirages #science

…and suddenly I love you beyond all measure is not just words but a heart, a soul bursting open, a stripping raw of all pretense. It is Sully, it is Gabriel, it is his tears on my face, his body in mine, our minds seamless. It is hopes and dreams and failures. It is apologies and a prayer for redemption. It is heaven and damnation. All that I am is yours pales beside it. It is everything. It is love. ↗

— Linnea Sinclair

#dreams

Be aware of this truth that the people on this earth could be joyous, if only they would live rationally and if they would contribute mutually to each others' welfare. This world is not a vale of sorrows if you will recognize discriminatingly what is truly excellent in it; and if you will avail yourself of it for mutual happiness and well-being. Therefore, let us explain as often as possible, and particularly at the departure of life, that we base our faith on firm foundations, on Truth for putting into action our ideas which do not depend on fables and ideas which Science has long ago proven to be false. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#clemens-vonnegut #freethinker #funeral #science #skeptic

I really, really need some help and advice. I'm scared... I'm scared of my own home, of my own daughter! ↗

— Meinos Kaen

#fear #horror #science-fiction #scifi #family

The most telling and profound way of describing the evolution of the universe would undoubtedly be to trace the evolution of love. ↗

— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

#spirituality #love

A nation that can't control its energy sources can't control its future. ↗

— Barack Obama

#national-security #science #dreams