"Thermodynamics is a funny subject. The first time you go through it, you don't understand it at all. The second time you go through it, you think you understand it, except for one or two small points. The third time you go through it, you know you don't understand it, but by that time you are so used to it, it doesn't bother you any more."

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Source : "Physical Chemistry in Depth". Textbook by Johannes Karl Fink, p. 1, 1992.

Arnold Sommerfeld

#Thinking Quotes #Two Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“The novel is resilient, and so are novelists.”
“Your appearance can be a weapon. As powerful as any knife or gun.”
“writing is about doing something very close to the bone. It's about shocking yourself. When I write, I like to make myself cry, laugh - I like to give myself an experience. I see a lot of writing out there that's very safe. But if you're not scaring yourself, why would you think that you'd be scaring anybody else? If you're not coming to a revelation about your place in the universe, why would you think anyone else would?”
“Guys don't really care, they just want to get the clothes off.”
“I pray hard, work hard, and leave the rest to God.”
“War is not the answer. Violence is not the solution. A more peaceful world is possible.”

Source : "The Forgotten Wounded of Iraq" by Ron Kovic, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 18, 2006.
“Mornings at Blackwater" For years, every morning, I drank from Blackwater Pond. It was flavored with oak leaves and also, no doubt, the feet of ducks. And always it assuaged me from the dry bowl of the very far past. What I want to say is that the past is the past, and the present is what your life is, and you are capable of choosing what that will be, darling citizen. So come to the pond, or the river of your imagination, or the harbor of your longing, and put your lips to the world. And live your life.”
“I come closer to my desk as to a bulwark against life.”

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