"The quantity of force which can be brought into action in the whole of Nature is unchangeable, and can neither be increased nor diminished."

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Source : Hermann von Helmholtz (1873). “Popular Lectures on Scientific Subjects”, p.320

Hermann von Helmholtz

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“As for men, those myriad little detached ponds with their own swarming corpuscular life, what were they but a way that water has of going about beyond the reach of rivers?”
“the enduring struggle to capture in words the infinite possibilities of a life not lived.”
“What I object to the current government intervention in so-called 'solving the crisis', they haven't solved anything. They've just postponed it.”
“Our national history has so often filled us with bitterness and the feeling of helplessness.”
“Sitting on the sidelines, cribbing and moaning is a lost opportunity. I donâ€™t know how people who engage in that donâ€™t commit suicide.”

Source : "NAMA makes £150m on London deal" by Lisa O'Carroll, www.theguardian.com. March 9, 2011.
“Having someone you love say "Thank you" is more rewarding than just having them say "I love you.”
“Just because we are back home, don't get comfortable. Have that same uptight feeling like it's just us against everyone.”
“A miracle is when the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. A miracle is when one plus one equals a thousand.”

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