Thursday 28 February 2013


Wednesday 27 February 2013

The observer, 
when he seems to himself
to be observing a stone, 
is really, 
if physics is to be believed, 
observing the effects
of the stone upon himself.

Tuesday 26 February 2013


Monday 25 February 2013

Information is not knowledge.

Sunday 24 February 2013


Saturday 23 February 2013

Philosophy is questions 
that may never be answered. 
Religion is answers 
that may never be questioned.

Friday 22 February 2013


Thursday 21 February 2013

The effort to understand the universe 
is one of the very few things 
that lifts human life 
a little above the level of farce, 
and gives it some of the grace of tragedy.

Wednesday 20 February 2013


Tuesday 19 February 2013

My goal is simple. 
It is a complete understanding of the universe, 
why it is as it is 
and why it exists at all.

Monday 18 February 2013


Sunday 17 February 2013

Man is slightly nearer to the atom than the stars. 
From his central position 
he can survey the grandest works of Nature with the astronomer, 
or the minutest works with the physicist.

Saturday 16 February 2013


Friday 15 February 2013

True works of art contain their own theory 
and give us the measurement 
according to which we should judge them.

Thursday 14 February 2013


Wednesday 13 February 2013

The important thing in science 
is not so much 
to obtain new facts 
as to discover new ways 
of thinking about them.

Tuesday 12 February 2013


Monday 11 February 2013

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. 
 It prevents moderation from acquiring 
the deadening effect of a habit.

Sunday 10 February 2013


Saturday 9 February 2013

The recognition of cultural cycles is the recognition 
that there is in the history of a culture a beginning, a middle, and an end ... 
That is the pattern for all organic forms. 
Recognising cultural cycles means one sees 
cultures as an organism 
and cultural history as an organic history.

Friday 8 February 2013

Thursday 7 February 2013

Philosophy is a battle 
against the bewitchment of our intelligence 
by means of language.

Wednesday 6 February 2013


Tuesday 5 February 2013

Science may set limits to knowledge, 
but should not set limits to imagination.

Monday 4 February 2013


Sunday 3 February 2013

Leisure is the mother of philosophy.

Saturday 2 February 2013


Friday 1 February 2013

Nature holds the key 
to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive 
and even spiritual satisfaction.