James Prescott Joule famous quotes

It is evident that an acquaintance with natural laws means no less than an acquaintance with the mind of God therein expressed.
-- James Prescott Joule

#Mean #Law #Mind

The animal frame, though destined to fulfill so many other ends, is as a machine more perfect than the best contrived steam-engine-that is, is capable of more work with the same expenditure of fuel.
-- James Prescott Joule

#Hard Work #Animal #Perfect

The most convincing proof of the conversion of heat into living force [vis viva] has been derived from my experiments with the electro-magnetic engine, a machine composed of magnets and bars of iron set in motion by an electrical battery. I have proved by actual experiment that, in exact proportion to the force with which this machine works, heat is abstracted from the electrical battery. You see, therefore, that living force may be converted into heat, and that heat may be converted into living force, or its equivalent attraction through space.
-- James Prescott Joule

#Life #Iron #Space

The earth in its rapid motion round the sun possesses a degree of living force so vast that, if turned into the equivalent of heat, its temperature would be rendered at least one thousand times greater than that of red-hot iron, and the globe on which we tread would in all probability be rendered equal in brightness to the sun itself.
-- James Prescott Joule

#Iron #Earth #Brightness

Order is manifestly maintained in the universe... governed by the sovereign will of God.
-- James Prescott Joule

#Order #Sovereign #Gods Will

After the knowledge of, and obedience to, the will of God, the next aim must be to know something of His attributes of wisdom, power and goodness as evidenced by His handiwork.
-- James Prescott Joule

#Next #Obedience #Goodness

Believing that the power to destroy belongs to the Creator alone I affirm... that any theory which, when carried out, demands the annihilation of force, is necessarily erroneous.
-- James Prescott Joule

#Believe #Demand #Force

My object has been, first to discover correct principles and then to suggest their practical development.
-- James Prescott Joule

#Principles #Development #Firsts

We're not going to survive in this world, temporally or spiritually, without increased faith in the Lord-and I don't mean a positive mental attitude-I mean downright solid faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. That is the one thing that gives vitality and power to otherwise rather weak individuals.

Baseball has the largest library of law and love and custom and ritual, and therefore, in a nation that fundamentally believes it is a nation under law, well, baseball is America's most privileged version of the level field.

If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation.

Ideas may drift into other minds, but they do not drift my way. I have to go and fetch them. I know no work manual or mental to equal the appalling heart-breaking anguish of fetching an idea from nowhere.

There are many who lust for the simple answers of doctrine or decree. They are on the left and right. They are not confined to a single part of the society. They are terrorists of the mind.

You should not be carried away by the dictation of the mind, but the mind should be carried by your dictation.

Attachment to the Divine leads to detachment from the mind. This leads to the realization that the nature of the Seer and the Divine are the same.

Are you really angry, or simply aware of anger in the body and mind? Don't speculate, simply look at what is there.

Middle age has been defined as what happens when a person's broad mind and narrow waist change places.

Rogue Squadron doesn’t run. Unless we really, really have to." "No, this will be Wraith Squadron’s mission." "We don’t mind running. Even when we don’t have to.