Circles Quotes - Page 34

• The greater is the circle of light, the greater is the boundary of the darkness by which it is confined. But, notwithstanding this, the more light get, the more thankful we ought to be, for by this means we have the greater range for satisfactory contemplation. time the bounds of light will be still farther extended; and from the infinity of the divine nature, and the divine works, we may promise ourselves an endless progress in our investigation them: a prospect truly sublime and glorious.

  Joseph Priestley

  Nature, Mean, Science

  Joseph Priestley (1780). “The theological and miscellaneous works of Joseph Priestley”, p.373

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• Why is geometry often described as cold and dry? One reason lies in its inability to describe the shape of a cloud, a mountain, a coastline or a tree.

  Benoit Mandelbrot

  Nature, Lying, Science

  "Benoît Mandelbrot obituary' by Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon, www.theguardian.com. October 17, 2010.

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• It is idle to expect any great advancement in science from the superinducing and engrafting of new things upon old. We must begin anew from the very foundations, unless we would revolve for ever in a circle with mean and contemptible progress.

  Francis Bacon

  Mean, Science, Progress

  Francis Bacon, Robert Leslie Ellis, William Rawley (1861). “The philosophical works of Francis Bacon, with prefaces and notes by the late Robert Leslie Ellis, together with English translations of the principal Latin pieces”, p.52

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• Education is here placed among the articles of public care, not that it would be proposed to take its ordinary branches out of the hands of private enterprise, which manages so much better all the concerns to which it is equal, but a public institution can alone supply those sciences which, though rarely called for, are yet necessary to complete the circle, all the parts of which contribute to the improvement of the country, and some of them to its preservation.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Education, Country, Hands

  Thomas Jefferson (1854). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson”, p.68

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• Indeed, we need not look back half a century to times which many now living remember well, and see the wonderful advances in the sciences and arts which have been made within that period. Some of these have rendered the elements themselves subservient to the purposes of man, have harnessed them to the yoke of his labors and effected the great blessings of moderating his own, of accomplishing what was beyond his feeble force, and extending the comforts of life to a much enlarged circle, to those who had before known its necessaries only.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Life, Art, Science

  Thomas Jefferson (1964). “Crusade Against Ignorance”

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• As we learn to have compassion for ourselves, the circle of compassion for others - what and whom we can work with, and how - becomes wider.

  Pema Chodron

  Inspirational, Sympathy, Wisdom

  Pema Chodron (2000). “When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times”, p.110, Shambhala Publications

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• I roamed the countryside searching for the answers to things I did not understand. Why shells existed on the tops of mountains along with the imprints of coral and plant and seaweed usually found in the sea. Why the thunder lasts a longer time than that which causes it and why immediately on its creation the lightening becomes visible to the eye while thunder requires time to travel. How the various circles of water form around the spot which has been struck by a stone and why a bird sustains itself in the air. These questions and other strange phenomena engaged my thought throughout my life.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Creativity, Eye, Air

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• Innovation is fostered by information gathered from new connections; from insights gained by journeys into other disciplines or places; from active, collegial networks and fluid, open boundaries. Innovation arises from ongoing circles of exchange, where information is not just accumulated or stored, but created. Knowledge is generated anew from connections that weren't there before.

  Margaret J. Wheatley

  Relationship, Creativity, Journey

  Margaret J. Wheatley (1994). “Leadership and the new science: learning about organization from an orderly universe”, Berrett-Koehler Pub

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• Peace requires everyone to be in the circle - wholeness, inclusion.

  Isabel Allende

  Diversity, Brotherhood, Inclusion

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• If you try to make your circle closed and exclusively yours, it never grows very much. Only a circle that has lots of room for anybody who needs it has enough spare space to hold any real magic.

  Zilpha Keatley Snyder

  Real, Space, Diversity

  Zilpha Keatley Snyder (2012). “Black and Blue Magic”, p.183, Open Road Media

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• See what your misery is, what desires are causing it, and why you are clinging to those desires. And it is not for the first time that you are clinging to those desires; this has been the pattern of your whole life and you have not arrived anywhere. You go on in circles, you never come to any real growth. You remain childish, stupid. And you are born with the intelligence that can make you a buddha, but it is lost in unnecessary things.

  Rajneesh

  Stupid, Real, Growth

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• A second blow of many flowers appears, flowers faintly tinged and breathing no perfume; but fruits, not blossoms, form the woodland wreath that circles Autumn's brow.

  James Grahame

  Flower, Autumn, Blow

  Henry Kirke White, James Grahame (1856). “The poetical works of Henry Kirke White and James Grahame. With memoirs, diss. and notes, by G. Gilfillan”, p.247

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• My girlfriend is a great support, and I've got a big circle of mates who keep my feet on the ground.

  Rob James-Collier

  Girlfriend, Feet, Support

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• You guys pair up in groups of three, then line up in a circle.

  Bill Peterson

  Funny, Guy, Dumb

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• So that's our new flag. The thing we've been fighting for-thirteen stripes for the colonies and thirteen stars in a circle for the union.

  Lamar Trotti

  Stars, Fighting, Stripes

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• It doesn't matter where we begin the personal/political circle, but it matters desperately that we complete it.

  Gloria Steinem

  Witty, Political, Matter

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• A recurring image in the work of the Rossetti circle was that of a woman absorbed in self-contemplation, gazing into a mirror or combing her hair.

  Elizabeth Prettejohn

  Mirrors, Hair, Self

  Elizabeth Prettejohn (1998). “Rossetti and His Circle”, Stewart Tabori & Chang

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• Imagine a person with a gift of ridicule [He might say] First that a negative quantity has no logarithm; secondly that a negative quantity has no square root; thirdly that the first non-existent is to the second as the circumference of a circle is to the diameter.

  Augustus De Morgan

  Squares, Roots, Negative

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• The only perfect circle on the human body is the eye. When a baby is born it's so perfect, but when it opens its eyes it's just blinded by the corruption and everything else is a downward spiral.

  Richey Edwards

  Baby, Fear, Eye

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• I have been asked what I mean by my word of honor. I will tell you. Place me behind prison walls - walls of stone ever so high, ever so thick, reaching ever so far into the ground - there is the possibility that in some way or another I may escape; but stand me on the floor and draw a chalk line around me and have me give my word of honor never to cross it. Can I get out of the circle? No. Never! I'd die first!

  Karl G. Maeser

  Wall, Truth, Lying

  "The Circle of Honor" by David Brooksby, www.ldsbc.edu. June 05, 2012.

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• Their lives ran in circles so small They thought they'd seen it all

  Michelle Shocked

  Philosophical, Ran

  Song: Memories of East Texas

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• Who runs in circles never gets far.

  Thornton Burgess

  Running, Running In Circles

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• I think there’s a mythology that if you want to change the world, you have to be sainted, like Mother Teresa or Nelson Mandela or Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Ordinary people with lives that go up and down and around in circles can still contribute to change.

  Jody Williams

  Mother, Thinking, People

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• Realists are, as a rule, only men in the rut of routine who are incapable of transcending a narrow circle of antiquated notions.

  Theodor Herzl

  Men, Routine, Ruts

  Theodor Herzl (1970). “The Jewish state: (Der Judenstaat).”

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• We do not escape our boundaries or our innermost being. We do not change. It is true we may be transformed, but we always walk within our boundaries, within the marked-off circle.

  Ernst Junger

  May, Boundaries, Walks

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