George Iles
George Iles
ceases student whoever
Whoever ceases to be a student has never been a student.
faith hand holding hope
Hope is faith holding out its hand in the dark.
men despair habit
We despair of changing the habits of men, still we would alter institutions, the habits of millions of men.
science keys form
A calculating engine is one of the most intricate forms of mechanism, a telegraph key one of the simplest. But compare their value.
education science people
Educated folk keep to one another's company too much, leaving other people much like milk skimmed of its cream.
science water enthusiasm
Nothing cools so fast as undue enthusiasm. Water that has boiled freezes sooner than any other.
might potatoes degrees
Degree is much: the whole Atlantic might be lukewarm and never boil us a potato.
stars truth ignorance
Ignorance may find a truth on its doorstep that erudition vainly seeks in the stars.
order mind trying
When we try to imagine a chaos we fail. ... In its very fiber the mind is an order and refuses to build a chaos.
fall wind long
Some young folks have wind-fall minds, prematurely detached from the tree of knowledge for a life-long sourness and pettiness.
errors upset facts
Error held as truth has much the effect of truth. In politics and religion this fact upsets many confident predictions.
science fields common
Boundaries which mark off one field of science from another are purely artificial, are set up only for temporary convenience. Let chemists and physicists dig deep enough, and they reach common ground.
knowledge thinking trying
Is any knowledge worthless? Try to think of an example.
two silence different
Dumbness and silence are two different things.