"The recurrence during the eighteenth century Enlightenment of the aspiration to be the 'Newton of the moral sciences' testifies to the prestige not just of celestial mechanics, but of the 'experimental method' more generally."

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Source : C. P. Snow, Stefan Collini (2012). “The Two Cultures”, p.10, Cambridge University Press

Stefan Collini

#Enlightenment Quotes #Moral Quotes #Newton Quotes

“To be a good sportsman, one must be a stoic and never show rancor in defeat, or triumph in victory, or irritation, no matter what annoyance is encountered. One who can not help sulking, or explaining, or protesting when the loser, or exulting when the winner, has no right to take part in games or contests.”
“A successful life does not result from chance; nor is it determined by fate or good fortune, but rather through a succession of successful days.”
“God has promised to every single one of us that even in our hardest times, if we would just hang on long enough, the blessing will come.”
“Children need systems that are inclusive and driven by them, systems that will enable them to respond to their feelings and needs at any time.”
“Sometimes I forget that the world is not on the same schedule as I. That everything is not dying, or that if it is dying it will return to life, what with a little sun and the usual encouragement.”
“The alleviation of the condition of insanity has also been accomplished now”
“I'm a very physical actor. I use everything - toes, teeth, ears, everything. I don't simply mean physical in the sense of movement and vigour. I find myself remembering the shape of a scene by how I'm standing, what I'm doing.”
“No free people ever existed, or can ever exist, without keeping the purse strings in their own hands. Where this is the case, they have a constitutional check upon the administration, which may thereby by brought into order without violence. But when such a power is not lodged in the people, oppression proceeds uncontrolled in its career, till the governed, transported into rage, seek redress in the midst of blood and confusion.”

Source : John Dickinson (2009). “The Writings of John Dickinson”, p.364, Applewood Books

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