"The total quantity of all the forces capable of work in the whole universe remains eternal and unchanged throughout all their changes. All change in nature amounts to this, that force can change its form and locality, without its quantity being changed. The universe possesses, once for all, a store of force which is not altered by any change of phenomena, can neither be increased nor diminished, and which maintains any change which takes place on it."

Source : Hermann von Helmholtz (1873). “Popular Lectures on Scientific Subjects”, p.360

Hermann von Helmholtz

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“Desire is the putting of my will into Godâ€™s concern. Itâ€™s not a passive, sitting back in your easy chair, folding your arms sort of thing, which says, 'Well, Iâ€™m willing, if God would only give me a good swift kick and send me.' Thatâ€™s willingness all right. But God doesnâ€™t want willingness, He wants will! He wants your will put behind those desires.”
“The overwhelming majority of people are comfortable with consensus, but successful investors tend to have a contrarian bent,”
“The facts will eventually test all our theories, and they form, after all, the only impartial jury to which we can appeal.”

Source : Louis Agassiz (1873). “Geological Sketches”, p.234
“I don't know what it's like for a book writer or a doctor or a teacher as they work to get established in their jobs, but for a singer, you've got to continue to grow or else you're just like last night's cornbread...stale and dry.”
“To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and creative strength.”

Source : Lawrence Clark Powell (1985). “Books are basic: the essential Lawrence Clark Powell”, Univ of Arizona Pr
“What shapes our lives are the questions we ask, refuse to ask, or never think to ask.”
“It is one thing to make a choice and it is another thing to never have the chance.”

Source : Ally Condie (2011). “Matched”, p.147, Penguin
“If you want truth you should begin by giving it.”

Source : Lloyd Alexander (2013). “The Chronicles of Prydain”, p.528, Macmillan

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