Karl Taylor Compton famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I loved history in my school days, and I have always been a voracious reader. But in India, you end up doing MBA, engineering or medicine.
Copying is about reverse-engineering.
I kind of think of engineering like the chefs at a restaurant. Nobody's going to deny chefs are integrally important, but there's also so many other people who contribute to a great meal.
Engineering is too important to wait for science.
You either get the point of Africa or you don't. What draws me back year after year is that it's like seeing the world with the lid off.
I, a stranger and afraid, in a world I never made.
This is what the Sabbath should feel like. A pause. Not just a minor pause, but a major pause. Not just lowering the volume, but a muting. As the famous rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel put it, the Sabbath is a sanctuary in time.
Why should you mind being wrong if someone can show you that you are?
The curse should no longer rest upon the world itself, but upon that which is sinful in it, and instead of monastic flight from the world the duty is now emphasized of serving God in the world, in every position in life.
Wanting to work is so rare a merit, that it should be encouraged.

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