May 2013
26 posts
1 tag
“Amidst the attention given to the sciences as how they can lead to the cure...
– John Maeda, Japanese-American graphic designer, computer scientist, university professor, and author, cited in The universe will fly like a bird (via amiquote)
“The mathematician’s patterns, like the painter’s or the poet’s must be...
– G. H. Hardy, was a prominent English mathematician, known for his achievements in number theory and mathematical analysis (1877-1947), A Mathematician’s Apology (1941)
“The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it...
– Henri Poincaré, French mathematician, theoretical physicist, engineer, and a philosopher of science (1854-1912), The Value of Science, Cosimo, Inc., 2007, p.8. (via amiquote)
“Feeling insignificant because the universe is large, has exactly the same...
– David Deutsch, British physicist at the University of Oxford, he pioneered the field of quantum computation by formulating a description for a quantum Turing machine, as well as specifying an algorithm designed to run on a quantum computer, The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the...
April 2013
13 posts
4 tags
Orchid →
First experiment to post via smartphone and Instagram
March 2013
1 post
The antidote to moralism is presence: not “do this,” but “I’m here.
– Gregory Wolfe, Poetic Justice (via quaerere-deum)
December 2012
2 posts
2 tags
We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us...
– e e cummings (via pavorst)
11 tags
“Moonlight Sonata”
[…]
There were a few scenes of New York,...
– Edward Rutherfurd - “New York”
November 2012
1 post
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Mary didn’t know much about music, though she liked to sing. She’d...
October 2012
3 posts
ARDENT QUESTIONS: The Fox →
ardentquestions:
“But the fox returned to her idea. ‘My life is monotonous. I hunt chickens, and men hunt me. All chickens look alike, and all men too. So I get bored. But if you tame me, my life will be illuminated. I will know the sound of steps that are different from all others. Other steps make me hide…
ardentquestions:
This is my desire and hope: “that the eternal idea of beauty should assume material form”.
Do not accept anything as truth if it lacks love. And do not accept anything as...
– Edith Stein (via invicemsunt)
August 2012
1 post
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Me, my Boyfriend and the "smelly" fruit
Me: E' questo quello che chiamano "muluni ciaru"?
Boyfriend: Sì, perchè ha un odore molto forte, ma non ti dico a cosa mi fa pensare quest'odore...
Me: a cosa?
Boyfriend: alla fogna
Me: Che? Ma che fogne frequenti?! Le fogne delle fatine?!?
July 2012
1 post
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[…]
The first he heard was the tail of one of Father Brown’s sentences,...
– The Innocence of Father Brown- ”The Blue Cross” - G.K. Chesterton
May 2012
6 posts
3 tags