"Since geometry is co-eternal with the divine mind before the birth of things, God himself served as his own model in creating the world (for what is there in God which is not God?), and he with his own image reached down to humanity."

-- Johannes Kepler

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“It is a remarkable fact that the second law of thermodynamics has played in the history of science a fundamental role far beyond its original scope. Suffice it to mention Boltzmann's work on kinetic theory, Planck's discovery of quantum theory or Einstein's theory of spontaneous emission, which were all based on the second law of thermodynamics.”

Source : "Time, Structure and Fluctuations". Nobel Lecture, December 8, 1977.
“Sister Carlotta, I'm on a leave of absence right now. That means I've been sacked, in case you don't understand how the I.F. handles these things.â€ "Sacked! A miscarriage of justice. You ought to be shot.”
“To face life without hope can mean to live without despair.”
“Doctrina sed vim promovet insitam. Instruction enlarges the natural powers of the mind.”
“I am not the avant-garde. I am the artist who comes after the advancing guard. I am more concerned with continuity of ideas and tradition than in inventing a unique imagery.”
“Then the sun broke above the crest of the hills and the entire countryside looked soaked in blood, the arroyos deep in shadow, the cones of dead volcanoes stark and biscuit-colored against the sky. I could smell pinion trees, wet sage, woodsmoke, cattle in the pastures, and creek water that had melted from snow. I could smell the way the country probably was when it was only a dream in the mind of God.”

Source : James Lee Burke (2007). “Jesus Out to Sea: Stories”, p.54, Simon and Schuster
“The worst mistake a boss can make is not to say 'well done'.”
“Let's build bridges, not walls.”

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