Nicola Cabibbo quotes

Science is incapable of supplying answers to ultimate questions about why things exist and what their purpose is.
-- Nicola Cabibbo

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Science that abdicates its cultural values risks being perceived as an extension of technology, an instrument in the hands of political or economic power. Humanity that disavows science risks falling into the hands of superstition.
-- Nicola Cabibbo

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A disciple serves the spiritual master with the sole purpose of getting instructions from him.

I can't tell you where a poem comes from, what it is, or what it is for: nor can any other man. The reason I can't tell you is that the purpose of a poem is to go past telling, to be recognised by burning.

We come unbidden into this life, and if we are lucky we find a purpose beyond starvation, misery, and early death which, lest we forget, is the common lot.

Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer.

Any alliance whose purpose is not the intention to wage war is senseless and useless.

When we're in our true being, the purpose of life is to feel that every moment is the purpose.

Poetry is unfallen speech. Paradise knew no other, for no other would suffice to answer the need of those ecstatic days of innocence.

It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?

We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.

Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.