There is only one nature--the division into science and
engineering is a human imposition, not a natural one. Indeed, read more

There is only one nature--the division into science and
engineering is a human imposition, not a natural one. Indeed,
the division is a human failure; it reflects our limited capacity
to comprehend the whole.

Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you.

Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you.

A mere index hunter, who held the eel of science by the tail.

A mere index hunter, who held the eel of science by the tail.

Thou shalt know by experience how salt the savor is of other's
bread, and how sad a path it read more

Thou shalt know by experience how salt the savor is of other's
bread, and how sad a path it is to climb and descend another's
stairs.
[It., Tu proverai si come sa di sale
Lo pane altrui, e com e duro calle
Lo scendere e'l salir per l'altrui scale.]

There are many hypotheses in science which are wrong. That's perfectly all right; they're the aperture to finding out what's read more

There are many hypotheses in science which are wrong. That's perfectly all right; they're the aperture to finding out what's right. Science is a self-correcting process. To be accepted, new ideas must survive the most rigorous standards of evidence and scrutiny.

We know nothing of what will happen in future, but by the analogy of experience.

We know nothing of what will happen in future, but by the analogy of experience.

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.

Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.

Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.

Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.

Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.