William Whewell Quotes & Sayings
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In this he saw that Ogion had been right: the shadow could not draw on his power, so long as he was turned against it. —
Ursula K. Le Guin

Humility sets us free to do what is really good, by showing us our illusions and withdrawing our will from what was only an apparent good. —
Thomas Merton

We need very much a name to describe a cultivator of science in general. I should incline to call him a scientist. [The first use of the word.] —
William Whewell

Geometry in every proposition speaks a language which experience never dares to utter; and indeed of which she but halfway comprehends the meaning. —
William Whewell

To succeed in life, succeed at being yourself. —
Napoleon Hill

And so no force however great can stretch a cord however fine into a horizontal line that shall be absolutely straight. —
William Whewell

The catastrophist constructs theories, the uniformitarian demolishes them. —
William Whewell

Those who have obtained the farthest insight into Nature have been, in all ages, firm believers in God. —
William Whewell

An inordinate love of ritual can be harmful to the soul, unless, of course, in times of great crisis, when ritual can protect the soul from fracture. —
Jeff VanderMeer

every failure is a step to success! —
William Whewell

Only you can tip the scale, —
Barbara Longley

It is a test of true theories not only to account for but to predict phenomena. —
William Whewell

There is a mask of theory over the whole face of nature. —
William Whewell

In art, truth is a means to an end; in science, it is the only end. —
William Whewell

Man is the interpreter of nature, science the right interpretation. —
William Whewell