If it could be talked about, everyone would have told their brother.
-Chuang Tzu
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The ultimate abstraction takes place in mathematics where…
The ultimate abstraction takes place in mathematics where words are replaced by symbols and where the operations of connecting the symbols are rigorously defined. In this way, scientists can condense information into one equation, i.e. into one single line of symbols, for which they would need several pages of ordinary writing.
―Fritjof Capra, The Tao of Physics
“Subatomic particles do not exist but rather show…
“Subatomic particles do not exist but rather show ‘tendencies to exist’, and atomic events do not occur with certainty at definite times and in definite ways, but rather show ‘tendencies to occur’.”
―Fritjof Capra, The Tao of Physics
Adversities strengthen the mind as labour does the…
Adversities strengthen the mind, as labour does the body.
-Seneca
I long to accomplish a great and noble…
I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.
-Helen Keller