Joseph William Mellor quotes

“The purpose of pure science is to observe phenomena and to trace their laws; the purpose of art is to produce, modify, or destroy. Strictly speaking there is no such thing as applied science, for, the moment the attempt is made to apply, science passes into the realm of art.”
-- Joseph William Mellor

Source : Joseph William Mellor (1946). “A Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry”

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“Teaching is an instinctual art, mindful of potential, craving of realizations, a pausing, seamless process.”

Source : A. Bartlett Giamatti (1981). “The University and the Public Interest”, Atheneum Books

“The obedient in art are always the forgotten . . . The country is glorious but its beauties are unknown, and but waiting for a real live artist to splash them onto canvas . . . Chop your own path. Get off the car track.”

“If the divine Mercy grants him the knowledge of himself, then his adoration will be pure; and, for him, paradise and hell, recompense, spiritual degrees and all created things will be as though God had never created them. He will not accord them any importance, nor will he take them into consideration, except to the extent that it is prescribed by the divine Law and Wisdom. For then he will know Who is the sole Agent.”

“The Almighty has His own purposes.”

“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.”

“Having a purpose is the little secret of the nonpretties. Something to do always beats something to look at.”

“The words are purposes./The words are maps./I came to see the damage that was done/and the treasures that prevail.”

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

“Islam is probably the one that places the greatest emphasis on knowledge. The purpose is to understand God's creation.”

Source : "Islam Is a Faith of Reason". Interview with Stefan Aust and Erich Follath, www.spiegel.de. October 12, 2006.