Denis Diderot Quotes on Acquiring Knowledge through Observation, Reflection, and Experimentation
“There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge… observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination.”
Denis Diderot
Happiest Are the People – Quote by Denis Diderot
“Happiest are the people who give most happiness to others.”
Denis Diderot
War and Human Sleep – Quote by Georges I. Gurdjieff
“Let us take some event in the life of humanity. For instance, war. There is a war going on at the present moment. What does it signify? It signifies that several millions of sleeping people are trying to destroy several millions of other sleeping people. They would not do this, of course, if they were to wake up. Everything that takes place is owing to this sleep.”
Georges I. Gurdjieff
Conscious, Emotional, and Mechanical Faith – Quote by Georges I. Gurdjieff
“Conscious faith is freedom. Emotional faith is slavery. Mechanical faith is foolishness.”
Georges I. Gurdjieff
Georges I. Gurdjieff on the Importance of Ancient Art
“Ancient art has a specific inner content. At one time, art possessed the same purpose that books do in our day, namely: to preserve and transmit knowledge. In olden days, people did not write books, they incorporated their knowledge into works of art. We would find a great many ideas in the works of ancient art passed down to us, if only we knew how to read them.”
Georges I. Gurdjieff
Quote by Fred Hoyle on the Probability of the Origin of Life
“The likelihood of the formation of life from inanimate matter is 1 to a number with 40,000 noughts after it (1040,000)…. It is big enough to bury Darwin and the whole theory of evolution. There was no primeval soup, neither on this planet nor any other, and if the beginnings of life were not random, they must therefore have been the product of purposeful intelligence.”
Fred Hoyle
Quote by Dan Stevens about his film career
“I haven’t done as many films as I would have liked.”
Dan Stevens
Encouragement for Young Actors – Quote by Dan Stevens
“”I’ve never see you do something like this before and I’d love to see you try.” For a young actor, that’s about the most exciting thing that anyone can say to you.”
Dan Stevens
Quote by Dan Stevens on Universal Truths and Timeless Words
“There is great worth in holding universal truths and timelessly beautiful words in your heart, which will stay there forever, infusing your thoughts and speech.”
Dan Stevens
Quote by Dan Stevens on Visual Storytelling
“It’s great when somebody is able to communicate an actual shot sequence to you and you know the world you’re inhabiting with that. It’s literally a haunting tune.”
Dan Stevens