Philosophical Sayings
23 sayings found from the Modern era from 23 authors
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Our senses enable us to perceive only a minute portion of the outside world.
Any one, if he will only observe, can find some little thing he does not understand as a starter for an investigation.
My scientific work brought me such satisfaction, and I am convinced the entire World will recognize the results of these studies.
The best dividends on the labor invested have invariably come from seeking more knowledge rather than more power.
There are no grounds to think that knowledge and our mastery over matter have bounds.
The question, 'Can machines think?' should be replaced by 'Are there imaginable digital computers which would do well in the imitation game?'
A Homeland, A State, A Leader.
To kill the grass you must also remove the root.
There is freedom of speech, but I cannot guarantee freedom after speech.
Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos.
The censorship of language is the censorship of consciousness.
Fear is incomplete knowledge.
When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
Until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words: Wait and hope.
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.
The more I live, the more I regret how little I know.
I don't do drugs. I am a drug.
Painting completed my life.
All is mystery; but he is a slave who will not struggle to penetrate the dark veil.
Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.