#study

A grand and almost untrodden field of inquiry will be opened, on the causes and laws of variation, on correlation of growth, on the effects of use and disuse, on the direct actions of external conditions, and so forth. ↗

— Charles Darwin

#evolution #inquiry #life #science #study

Rabbi Elazar ben Azariah said, "Where there is no money, there is no learning." The rabbis explain that unless people's stomachs are full and satisfied, they cannot study, grow spiritually, and do good works. ↗

— H.W. Charles

#grow-spiritually #money #spiritual-development #spiritual-growth #spiritual-quotes

One's ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#nature

It is not enough just to read the Bible; it is even just as important to understand it. As to living it- that is accomplished in and through us by the Holy Spirit." ~R. Alan Woods [2013] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#bible-interpretation #bible-study #holy-spirit #icarnationally #r-alan-woods

We don’t exhaust the Bible even after reading it hundreds of times. Each time we read it we see it in a new light. That is the greatness of the holy scriptures. They are that way because they were created by holy prophets who experienced the truth. Each time we read these works we elevate ourselves to see a little more. (81) ↗

— Swami Satchidananda

#sacred-texts #scriptures #study #truth #yoga

From then on, my thesis hung over me like a curse, and with bloodshot eyes, I worked like a madman. ↗

— Sōseki Natsume

#japanese #japanese-literature #studying #japan

I believe that many who find that "nothing happens" when they sit down, or kneel down, to a book of devotion, would find that the heart sings unbidden while they are working their way through a tough bit of theology with a pipe in their teeth and a pencil in their hand. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#study #theology #theology

What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence...The question is, what can you make people believe that you have done? ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#mystery #sherlock-holmes #sherlock-holmes

I spent six years in Bible study because I needed to get grounded. People really need to spend time in the Bible getting to know the God they claim to love. ↗

— Willie Aames

#bible #claim #get #getting #god

You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light. ↗

— Edward Abbey

#flooding #light #study #you