Idea - Quotes
Man`s mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimension.
Thinking must never submit itself, neither to a dogma, nor to a party, nor to a passion, nor to an interest, nor to a preconceived idea, nor to whatever it may be, if not to facts themselves, because, for it, to submit would be to cease to be.
It's vital to remember who you really are. It's very important. It isn't a good idea to rely on other people or things to do it for you, you see. They always get it wrong.
In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not the man to whom the idea first occurs.
The universe is merely a fleeting idea in God`s mind - a pretty uncomfortable thought, particularly if you`ve just made a down payment on a house.
Rest, nature, books, music, love for one`s neighbor - such is my idea of happiness.
When you`re lost in those woods, it sometimes takes you a while to realize that you are lost. For the longest time, you can convince yourself that you`ve just wandered a few feet off the path, that you`ll find your way back to the trailhead any moment now. Then night falls again and again, and you still have no idea where you are, and its time to admit that you have bewildered yourself so far off the path that you dont even know from which direction the sun rises anymore.
There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come.
The essence of science is that it is always willing to abandon a given idea for a better one; the essence of theology is that it holds its truths to be eternal and immutable.
If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.
Sometimes two artists wanna work together, but it doesn`t mean it`s gonna happen, because you have to find the right idea.
If I were to give an award for the single best idea anyone has ever had, I'd give it to Darwin, ahead of Newton and Einstein and everyone else. In a single stroke, the idea of evolution by natural selection unifies the realm of life, meaning, and purpose with the realm of space and time, cause and effect, mechanism and physical law.
Sometimes I think we`re alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we`re not. In either case the idea is quite staggering.
It is safe to wager that every public idea and every accepted convention is sheer foolishness, because it has suited the majority.