Quotes
Authors
William Crookes
"Which was first, Matter or Force? If we think on this question, we shall find that we are unable to conceive of matter without force, or force without matter. When God created the elements of which the earth is composed, He created certain wondrous forces, which are set free and become evident when matter acts on matter." --
Source : Michael Faraday, Sir William CROOKES (1860). “A course of six lectures on the various forces of Matter, and their relations to each other ... Edited by W. Crookes. With numerous illustrations”, p.3
William Crookes
#Thinking Quotes
#Matter Quotes
#Firsts Quotes
“It may be doubted that there are many other animals which have played so important a part in the history of the world as have these lowly organized creatures.”
“So may'st thou live, till like ripe fruit thou drop Into thy mother's lap.”
“I look for a role that hopefully I feel empathy with and that I can understand and love, but also that has that challenge for me to play - a different kind of role, a different type of character, a different time period.”
“After his great awakening, the Buddha continued to meditate and to devote himself to others; otherwise his vision would have receded into a pleasant memory.”
“To be happy, it first takes being comfortable being in your own shoes. The rest can work up from there. The hardest situation to stay happy, I think, is when you're trying to find love, and yourself at the same time. It just doesn't seem to fit well. So I believe that happiness is being able to wake up and just know that this is what you wanted, and not what somebody else wanted.”
“Lose your smile and lose your customers.”
“Nothing in the world can bother you as much as your own mind, I tell you. In fact, others seem to be bothering you, but it is not others, it is your own mind.”
“Yeah, there were (defensive) breakdowns but there were also variables into having those breakdowns. I think a lot of the mistakes that we made are definitely preventable, but they're a lapse of mental awareness and that happens with fatigue. I'm not trying to make excuses. This is just the reality of the situation.”