Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

A famous name has this peculiarity that it becomes gradually smaller especially in natural sciences where each succeeding discovery invariably overshadows what precedes.
-- Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff

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It is sometimes easier to circumvent prevailing difficulties [in science] rather than to attack them.
-- Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff

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Whereas the chemico-chemists always find in industry a beautiful field of gold-laden soil, the physico-chemists stand somewhat farther off, especially those who seek only the greatest dilution, for in general there is little to make with watery solutions.
-- Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff

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The holy name of Krishna has extraordinary spiritual potency because the name of God is nondifferent from God Himself.
Therefore a person fully absorbed in the bodily concept of life is surely killing himself by not making spiritual progress. Such a person is called pasu-ghna. Especially excluded from spiritual life are the animal hunters, who are not interested in hearing and chanting the holy name of the Lord. Such hunters are always unhappy, both in this life and in the next. It is therefore said that a hunter should neither die nor live because for such persons both living and dying are troublesome.
Those who deplore our militants, who exhort patience in the name of a false peace, are in fact supporting segregation and exploitation. They would have social peace at the expense of social and racial justice. They are more concerned with easing racial tension than enforcing racial democracy.
Zionism is nothing more, but also nothing less, than the Jewish People's sense of origin and destination in the Land linked eternally with its name. It is also the instrument whereby the Jewish Nation seeks an authentic fulfillment of itself.
For a justice of this ultimate tribunal [the U.S. Supreme Court], the opportunity for self-discovery and the occasion for self-revelation is great.
The 'Mythbusters' crew, we monitor the Discovery boards, we look for the new ideas that are being forwarded on those boards, and we keep track of what's going on, we keep updated.
Work with integrity and succeed with integrity
If we create networks with the sole intention of getting something, we wonâ€™t succeed. We canâ€™t pursue the benefits of networks; the benefits ensue from investments in meaningful activities and relationships.
Preferential affirmative action patronizes American blacks, women, and others by presuming that they cannot succeed on their own. Preferential affirmative action does not advance civil rights in this country.
If you want to succeed, you've got to be okay to just lose control.

Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff famous quotes

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