"If we wish to imitate the physical sciences, we must not imitate them in their contemporary, most developed form; we must imitate them in their historical youth, when their state of development was comparable to our own at the present time. Otherwise we should behave like boys who try to copy the imposing manners of full-grown men without understanding their raison d' Ãªtre, also without seeing that in development one cannot jump over intermediate and preliminary phases."

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Source : "Gestalt Psychology". Book by Wolfgang Köhler, p. 32, 1930.

Wolfgang Kohler

#Boys Quotes #Men Quotes #Historical Quotes

“People love to talk, so let them have fun talking, I think they have an interesting, wonderful connection, so you knowWhat does dating mean? I don't know. I couldn't say. People love to talk, so let them have fun talking.”
“The confidence people have in their beliefs is not a measure of the quality of evidence but of the coherence of the story the mind has managed to construct.”
“In an era when careerism dominates the campus, is it too much to expect students to go beyond their private interests, learn about the world around them, develop a sense of civic and social responsibility, and discover how they can contribute to the common good?”

Source : Ernest L. Boyer (1997). “Ernest L. Boyer, Selected Speeches, 1979-1995”, Jossey-Bass
“And he beholds the moon; like a rounded fragment of ice filled with motionless light.”
“Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.”
“You know who wears sunglasses inside? Blind people and assholes.”

Source : "Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm". www.imdb.com. 1999.
“Oddly enough, I'm not religious but I'm also very fond of St Peter's in Rome. When I'm there, I always know there's a good meal not far away.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I oscillate between agnosticism and atheism.”

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