Quotes of: Isaac Keyword

On one level, a roomful of men is always a dangerous thing. Competition is usually in the air, so the potential for violence is always nearby.

All Is Grace: A Ragamuffin Memoir

The first rule of discovery is to have brains and good luck. The second rule of discovery is to sit tight and wait till you get a bright idea.

How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method

But in the present century, thanks in good part to the influence of , we have come to see that the unproved postulates with which we start are purely arbitrary. They must be consistent, they had better lead to something interesting.

A History of Geometrical Methods

We are not to look to what men in themselves deserve but to attend to the image of God which exists in all and to which we owe all honor and love.

Institutes of the Christian Religion, 2 Vols

The cross of Christ only triumphs in the breast of believers over the devil and the flesh, sin and sinners, when their eyes are directed to the power of His Resurrection.

Institutes of the Christian Religion, 2 Vols

We are enjoined whenever we behold the gifts of God in others so to reverence and respect the gifts as also to honor those in whom they reside.

Institutes of the Christian Religion, 2 Vols

He who neglects to pray alone and in private, however assiduously he frequents public meetings, there gives his prayers to the wind.

Institutes of the Christian Religion, 2 Vols

He who has learned to look to God in everything he does is at the same time diverted from all vain thoughts.

Institutes of the Christian Religion, 2 Vols

If you are ever called upon to chasten a person, never chasten beyond the balm you have within you to bind up.

Journal of Discourses, Volume 9

The devil does some of his best work behind stained glass.

The Jesus Way: A Conversation on the Ways That Jesus Is the Way

The ragamuffin gospel says we can't lose, because we have nothing to lose.

The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out

I learned from her that every woman is worried about her looks, no matter how beautiful she is.

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character

I couldn't claim that I was smarter than sixty-five other guys--but the average of sixty-five other guys, certainly!

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character

I have never met the man I could despair of after discerning what lies in me apart from the grace of God.

My Utmost for His Highest

The fundamental laws of the universe which correspond to the two fundamental theorems of the mechanical theory of heat. 1. The energy of the universe is constant. 2. The entropy of the universe tends to a maximum.

The Mechanical Theory Of Heat

Invention is the most important product of man's creative brain. The ultimate purpose is the complete mastery of mind over the material world, the harnessing of human nature to human needs.

My Inventions

Businesses are great structures for managing big projects. It’s like trying to develop the ability to walk without developing a skeleton. Once in a blue moon, you get an octopus, but for the most part, you get skeletons. Skeletons are good shit.

Makers

The scientist is not responsible for the laws of nature. It is his job to find out how these laws operate...Hydrogen bombs will not produce themselves.

Memoirs: A Twentieth Century Journey In Science And Politics

You don't make your words true by embellishing them with religious lace. In making your speech sound more religious, it becomes less true.

The Message Remix

As if men did not die fast enough, they are ingenious at finding out ways to destroy one another.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Enhanced Version

Only one in a thousand sits down in the midst of it all and says—I will watch my Father mend this. God must not be treated as a hospital for our broken “toys,” but as our Father.

Not Knowing Where