His - Quotes
A man may climb Everest for himself, but at the summit he plants his country`s flag.
The older golfer can hit the ball as far as the young one. He chips and putts equally well. And will probably have a better knowledge of the course. So why does he take the extra stroke that denies him victory? Experience. He knows the downside, what happens if it goes wrong, which makes him more cautious. The young player is either ignorant or reckless to caution. That is his edge. It is the same with all of us. Knowledge makes us play safe. The secret is to stay childish.
When a parent dies, a child feels his own mortality, but when a child dies, it's immortality that a parent loses.
We are each entitled to our own opinion, but no one is entitled to his own facts.
Only a fool of a scientist would dismiss the evidence and reports in front of him and substitute his own beliefs in their place.
In many cases, mathematics is an escape from reality. The mathematician finds his own monastic niche and happiness in pursuits that are disconnected from external affairs. Some practice it as if using a drug.
People must understand that science is inherently neither a potential for good nor for evil. It is a potential to be harnessed by man to do his bidding.
The more civilized we become, the more relatively ignorant must each individual be of the facts on which the working of his civilization depends.
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
The simplest schoolboy is now familiar with truths for which Archimedes would have sacrificed his life.
I want knowledge! Not faith, not assumptions, but knowledge. I want God to stretch out His hand, uncover His face and speak to me.