Random Quotes

One question I teed up: What had driven him against all odds? “Never feeling one damn moment of doubt,” he shot back. “I am who I am, the hell with it.” - Jack Bogle
I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success. Such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything - Tesla?
“Engineering is the art of modeling materials we do not wholly understand, into shapes we cannot precisely analyze, so as to withstand forces we cannot properly assess, in such a way that the public has no reason to suspect the extent of our ignorance. A.R. Dykes
To move, to breathe, to fly to today, to gain all while you give, to roam the roads of lands remote to travel is to live - Hans Christian Anderson

Book Quotes

Einstein His Life and Universe

Nature is pleased with simplicity - Isaac Newton
Life is like a bycicle. To keep balance you must keep moving
The search for truth is more precious than its possession
Einstein said use for yourself little but give to others much

Structures or Why Things Don’t Fall Down

All materials and structures deflect…when they are loaded pg 38 (This is why materials are capable of supporting varying loads
ut tensio sic vis as the extension, so the force (pg 41)
Iris diaphragm and universal joint pg 42
the object seems to be to arrange for the centre of gravity of our legs to be as high up in the body as possible. pg 114 (because muscles are heavy compared to tendons
The process of cooing meat therefore consists in converting most of the collagen fibres into gelatin (which is jelly or glue) by roasting or frying or boiling. It is science of this kind which restores one’s faith in the beneficence of Providence. pg 167
I am not a pillar but a buttress of a church for I support it from without pg215

Life of Pi

To choose doubt as a philosophy of life as akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation. Pg 28
All living things contain a measure of madness that moves them in strange, sometimes inexplicable ways. This madness can be saving; it is part and parcel of the ability to adapt. Without it, no species would survive. Pg 41
It had a reputation for few gods and great violence. pg 51
There are miracles, yes, mostly of a medical nature, a few to satisfy hungry stomachs; at best a storm is tempered, water is briefly walked upon. If that is magic, it is minor magic, on the order of card tricks. pg 55
I must say a word about fear. It is life’s only true opponent. pg 161
He looked like a nice, big, fat domestic cat, a 450-pound tabby. pg 162
But there’s more to it. I will come clean. I will tell you a a part of me was glad about Richard Parker. A part of me did not want Richard Parker to die at all, because if he died I would be left alone with despair, a foe even more formidable than a tiger. If I still had the will to live, it was thanks to Richard Parker. He kept me from thinking too much about my family and my tragic circumstances. He pushed me to go on living. I hated him for it, yet at the same time I was grateful. I am grateful. It’s the plain truth: without Richard Parker, I wouldn’t be alive today to tell you my story. pg 164

Looking For Alaska

He recognized that he was feeling something he had never experienced before: the desire to live in one place forever. With the girl with the raven hair, his days would never be the same again.
It was right then, between when I asked about the labyrinth and when she answered me, that I realized the importance of curves, of the thousand places where girls’ bodies ease from one place to another, from arc of the foot to ankle to calf, from calf to hip to waist to breast to neck to ski-slope nose to forehead to shoulder to the concave arch of the back to the butt to the etc. I’d noticed curves before, of course, but I had never quite apprehended their significance.

The Great Divorce

Pg 41 Once you were a child. Once you knew what inquiry was for. There was a time when you asked questions because you wanted answers, and were glad when you had found them.
There have been men before now who got so interested in proving the existence of God that they came to care nothing for God Himself… As if the good Lord had nothing to do but exist! Pg 74
You cannot love a fellow creature fully until you love God. Pg 100
What we called love down there was mostly the craving to be loved. Pg 125

The Gospel-centered Life

Sin is not primarily an action; it’s a disposition. It’s our soul’s aversion to God. Sin is manifested in our pride, our selfishness, our independence, and our lack of love for God and others. Sometimes sin is very obvious, and external; other times it’s hidden and internal. But “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23) pg 8
The Gospel is nothing less than “the power of God” pg 12. For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. Romans 1:16

Bible Quotes

Proverbs 12:1 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.
1 Corinthians 3:17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
Psalm 30: 4-5 Sing praises to the Lord, O you his saints, and give thanks to his holy name. For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime.
2 Corinthians 4:7-10: But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.
Proverbs 17:22: A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
Colossians 3:23-24: Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.
Whoever is righteous has regard for the life of his beast, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel. Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits lacks sense. Proverbs 12:10‭-‬11
If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together. 1 Corinthians 12:26
Proverbs 18:24: A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Philippians 4:4: Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.
Proverbs 12:23 A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims folly
Proverbs 12:25 Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.
For with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light. Psalms 36:9
I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” John 16:33
By insolence comes nothing but strife, but with those who take advice is wisdom. Proverbs 13:10
Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil. Psalms 37:8
Psalm 121:5-6: The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is your shade on your right hand. The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.
Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. Psalms 96:6
And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land. Jonah 2:10
James 1:22-25: But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.
A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit. Proverbs 15:4
John 1:5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
Psalm 34:8: Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
But you, take courage! Do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded. 2 Chronicles 15:7
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:1‭-‬2
Whoever ignores instruction despises himself, but he who listens to reproof gains intelligence. Proverbs 15:32
For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. 1 Corinthians 15:22
1 Corinthians 15:33‭-‬34 Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.” Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
Proverbs 16:9 The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.
Galatians 2:21 I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.
Zephaniah 3:17: The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. John 10:10
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:28‭-‬30 ESV
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. 1 John 3:18
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Hebrews 11:6 ESV
One thing have I desired of the Lord , that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord , and to enquire in his temple. Psalms 27:4 KJV
For by now I could have put out my hand and struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been cut off from the earth. Exodus 9:15 ESV
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. Galatians 5:22‭-‬23 KJV
James 4:13-15 3 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— 14 yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. 15 Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.” 16 As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. 17 So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.
Ruth 1:1-5 In the days when the judges ruled there was a famine in the land, and a man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons. 2 The name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went into the country of Moab and remained there. 3 But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was left with her two sons. 4 These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. They lived there about ten years, 5 and both Mahlon and Chilion died, so that the woman was left without her two sons and her husband.
the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God. Luke 3:38 ESV
Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. Hebrews 12:14
No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it. 1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV
Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. 1 Peter 4:8 ESV
I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 ESV
And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Colossians 3:17
The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost. 1 Timothy 1:15
Psalm 33:10-11 Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds the one who trusts in the Lord. Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart!
The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace. Numbers 6:24‭-‬26 ESV
Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. 1 Timothy 4:12 KJV
Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. 1 Timothy 6:12
20 Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen. Ephesians 3:14-21 submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ Ephesians 5:21
so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. Titus 3:7 ESV
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Colossians 3:16‭-‬17 ESV
He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:8 ESV
Psalm 94:11 he who teaches man knowledge–the Lord–knows the thoughts of man, that they are but a breath.
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you. Philippians 4:8‭-‬9 ESV
for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God. James 1:20
A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back. Proverbs 29:11
He says: “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back the preserved of Israel; I will make you as a light for the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.” Isaiah 49:6
A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. Proverbs 15:1