In God there is an infinitude of things which I cannot comprehend, nor possibly even reach in any way by thought; for it is the nature of the infinite that my nature, which is finite and limited, should not comprehend it.
Rene Descartes
Category: Quote of the Day
Aphorisms, proverbs, wise sayings and other witty, pithy stuff
05AUG2020 – Quote of the Day
Mathematics is a more powerful instrument of knowledge than any other that has been bequeathed to us by human agency.
Rene Descartes
04AUG2020 – Quote of the Day
Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems.
Rene Descartes
03AUG2020 – Quote of the Day
If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things
Rene Descartes
02AUG2020 – Quote of the Day
One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been said by one philosopher or another
Rene Descartes
01AUG2020 – Quote of the Day
Cogito, ergo sum. (I think therefore I am.)
Rene Descartes
31JUL2020 – Quote of the Day
Many times what cannot be refuted by arguments can be parried by laughter.
Desiderius Erasmus
30JUL2020 – Quote of the Day
She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership).
O. Henry
29JUL2020 – Quote of the Day
Yes, I get dry spells. Sometimes I can’t turn out a thing for three months. When one of those spells comes on I quit trying to work and go out and see something of life. You can’t write a story that’s got any life in it by sitting at a writing table and thinking. You’ve got to get out into the streets, into the crowds, talk with people, and feel the rush and throb of real life-that’s the stimulant for a story writer.
O. Henry
28JUL2020 – Quote of the Day
Beauty is Nature in perfection; circularity is its chief attribute. Behold the full moon, the enchanting golf ball, the domes of splendid temples, the huckleberry pie, the wedding ring, the circus ring, the ring for the waiter, and the “round” of drinks.
O. Henry