We are more anxious to speak
than to be heard…
(Henry David Thoreau: Journal.)
Κατηγορία: Quotes
Αrchbishop Whately, «To know…»
To know your ruling passion,
examine your castles in the air.
(Αrchbishop Whately: Apophthegms.)
Nietzsche, «Formula…»
Formula of my happiness:
a Yes, a No, a straight line,
a goal . . .
(Nietzsche: Twilight of the Idols.)
Goethe, «Everything…»
Everything that is alive
forms an atmosphere
around itself.
(Goethe: Maxims and Reflections)
Einstein, «I am enough…»
I am enough of an artist
to draw freely
upon my imagination.
(Einstein: From interview.)
Newton, «If I have seen…»
If I have seen further
it is by standing
on the shoulders of Giants.
(Newton: Letter to R. Hooke.)
Newton, «Plato…»
Plato is my friend,
Aristotle is my friend,
but my greatest friend is truth.
(Newton: From notes.)
Laplace, «Man follows…»
Man follows only phantoms.
(Laplace.)
Laplace (?), «What we know…»
What we know is not much.
What we do not know is immense.
(Laplace (?).)
Laplace, «The last thing…»
The last thing we expect of you,
General, is a lesson in geometry!
(Laplace to Napoleon.)