Quote by John Polkinghorne
Im a very passionate believer in the unity of knowledge. There is

Im a very passionate believer in the unity of knowledge. There is one world of reality – one world of our experience that were seeking to describe. – John Polkinghorne

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I very much enjoyed my career in science. I didnt leave science because I was disillusioned, but felt Id done my bit for it after about twenty-five years. – John Polkinghorne

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Those theologians who are beginning to take the doctrine of creation very seriously should pay some attention to sciences story. – John Polkinghorne

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I also think we need to maintain distinctions – the doctrine of creation is different from a scientific cosmology, and we should resist the temptation, which sometimes scientists give in to, to try to assimilate the concepts of theology to the concepts of science. – John Polkinghorne

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You shouldnt be afraid of failure – when something fails, you think, What did I learn from that experience? I can do better next time. Then kill that project and move on to the next. Dont get disappointed. – Niklas Zennstrom

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Observation more than books and experience more than persons, are the prime educators. – Amos Bronson Alcott

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Experience is like a comb that life gives you when you are bald. – Navjot Singh Sidhu

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Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. Precepts and instruction are useful so far as they go, but, without the discipline of real life, they remain of the nature of theory only. – Samuel Smiles

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