Quotes on Study

The mere man of pleasure is miserable in old age, and the mere drudge in business is but little better, whereas, natural philosophy, mathematical and mechanical science, are a continual source of tranquil pleasure, and in spite of the gloomy dogmas of priests and of superstition, the study of these things is the true theology; it teaches man to know and admire the Creator, for the principles of science are in the creation, and are unchangeable and of divine origin.

To understand God's thoughts, one must study statistics, for these are the measure of His purpose.

There is only one law of Nature-the second law of thermodynamics-which recognises a distinction between past and future more profound than the difference of plus and minus. It stands aloof from all the rest. ... It opens up a new province of knowledge, namely, the study of organisation; and it is in connection with organisation that a direction of time-flow and a distinction between doing and undoing appears for the first time.

We are, first of all, not solitary creatures and second of all, we are deeply embedded in the lives of others. It's very easy to forget that and to engage in an atomistic fallacy - where we think that all we have to do is study the individual components of a system in order to understand the system. That's clearly not the case when it comes to social systems.

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

Study carefully, the character of the one you recommend, lest their misconduct bring you shame.

The searching-out and thorough investigation of truth ought to be the primary study of man.

The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.

Human behaviour reveals uniformities which constitute natural laws. If these uniformities did not exist, then there would be neither social science nor political economy, and even the study of history would largely be useless. In effect, if the future actions of men having nothing in common with their past actions, our knowledge of them, although possibly satisfying our curiosity by way of an interesting story, would be entirely useless to us as a guide in life.

If geek means you're willing to study things, and if you think science and engineering matter, I plead guilty. If your culture doesn't like geeks, you are in real trouble.

BY the study of different RELIGIONS we find that in essence they are one.

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

I wanted to the best player in the state - [the best] the area has ever seen. That's always been my goal. Guys like Elgin Baylor, Adrian Dantley and Dave Bing, it's tough to pass those guys. So I'm studying, working. My project's not over yet. Hopefully, I get there.

Studying creativity is not an elite distraction, but provides one of the most exciting models for living.

A friendly study of the world's religions is a sacred duty.

The arts must study their occasions; they must stand modestly aside until they can slip in fitly into the interstices of life.

A study of family portraits is enough to convert a man to the theory of reincarnation.

There are three ways of learning golf: by study, which is the most wearisome; by imitation, which is the most fallacious; and by experience, which is the most bitter.

We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes a habit because what was native has been stolen from us, the love of Black women for each other.

All the more I study Nature do I revere God, because Nature is all the body of God we will ever know.

The great error of nearly all studies of war... has been to consider war as an episode in foreign policies, when it is an act of interior politics.