ज्ञान में होने वाली हर प्रगति उस ज्ञान को सुधारने से होती है जो हमें पहले से परंपरा या अधिकारों के रूप में मिला है।
All progress in knowledge takes place through the correction of that which has been received on authority.
All progress in knowledge takes place through the correction of that which has been received on authority.
... ज्ञान में होने वाली हर प्रगति उस ज्ञान को सुधारने से होती है जो हमें परंपरा के रूप में मिला है... यदि हमारे पास सही और गलत दोनों तरह के पारंपरिक ज्ञान का यह विशाल भंडार न होता, तो हमारे पास सुधारने के लिए कुछ भी न होता। प्रगति परंपरा के विरोध में नहीं, बल्कि उसी के माध्यम से होती है।
... all progress in knowledge takes place through the correction of that which has been received on authority ... without the huge body of traditional knowledge, accurate and inaccurate together, there would be nothing even to correct. Progress is not made in spite of authority, but by means of it.
... all progress in knowledge takes place through the correction of that which has been received on authority ... without the huge body of traditional knowledge, accurate and inaccurate together, there would be nothing even to correct. Progress is not made in spite of authority, but by means of it.
बिल्ली को प्लेट पसंद नहीं, और अखबार तो उससे भी बदतर; उन्हें गद्देदार कुर्सी या किसी सुंदर फारसी कालीन पर बैठकर मांस के चिपचिपे टुकड़े खाना पसंद है।
A plate is distasteful to a cat, a newspaper still worse; they like to eat sticky pieces of meat sitting on a cushioned chair or a nice Persian rug.
A plate is distasteful to a cat, a newspaper still worse; they like to eat sticky pieces of meat sitting on a cushioned chair or a nice Persian rug.
स्पष्ट विरोधाभास... अक्सर विज्ञान में किसी नई खोज का अवसर बन जाता है; और यहाँ तक कहा जा सकता है कि विरोधाभास का न दिखना हमारी समझ की कमी को दर्शाता है, क्योंकि नियमों और कारणों के कुल भंडार की तुलना में हमारा ज्ञान बहुत ही सीमित है।
apparent contradiction ... is often the opportunity for new discovery in science; and it even may be said that the absence of apparent contradiction is due to our want of perception, since our knowledge of laws and causes is so small compared to their total sum.
apparent contradiction ... is often the opportunity for new discovery in science; and it even may be said that the absence of apparent contradiction is due to our want of perception, since our knowledge of laws and causes is so small compared to their total sum.
लेकिन हम में से कोई भी औसत दर्जे का नहीं होना चाहता। हम ऐसे ही हैं, यह एक दुखद सच्चाई है जिसका अहसास हमें जीवन के बीच के पड़ाव पर आकर होता है, और यह बात हमें हमेशा रास नहीं आती।
But none of us wants to be average. That we are so is a melancholy fact borne in upon us in middle life, and we do not always relish it.
But none of us wants to be average. That we are so is a melancholy fact borne in upon us in middle life, and we do not always relish it.
कुत्तों के मालिक होते हैं, बिल्लियों के मुलाजिम।
Dogs have owners, cats have staff.
Dogs have owners, cats have staff.
वह छुपे हुए कोनों में और धुंधले प्रकाश में रहता है—आज़ाद और अकेला, यह रहस्यमयी सा छोटा सा महान जीव जिसे उसकी मालकिन कहती है, मेरी बिल्ली।
He lives in the halflights in secret places, free and alone, this mysterious little great being whom his mistress calls, My cat.
He lives in the halflights in secret places, free and alone, this mysterious little great being whom his mistress calls, My cat.
तर्क केवल एक बौद्धिक क्षमता बनकर नहीं रह सकता; उसे मूल्यों के सवाल पर विचार करने वाली निर्णय-क्षमता बनना होगा।
Reason cannot remain a bare intellectual faculty; it must become a faculty of judgment dealing with the question of values.
Reason cannot remain a bare intellectual faculty; it must become a faculty of judgment dealing with the question of values.
बिल्ली, इन सब से ऊपर, एक जन्मजात कलाकार है।
The cat is, above all things, a dramatist.
The cat is, above all things, a dramatist.
आध्यात्मिकता का मतलब केवल भावनाएँ नहीं है; हम आध्यात्मिक बातों को भावनात्मक रूप से महसूस कर सकते हैं, लेकिन उन्हें पूरी तरह समझने के लिए हमें अपने मन और इच्छाशक्ति का उपयोग करना होगा; हमें उन पर अमल करना होगा, उनका अनुभव करना होगा और उन्हें अपनी चेतना में पूरी तरह उतरने देना होगा।
The spiritual is not the emotional; we may receive spiritual things emotionally, but to receive them rationally we must receive them with the mind and the will; we must act on them, we must experiment on them, we must let them permeate our consciousness.
The spiritual is not the emotional; we may receive spiritual things emotionally, but to receive them rationally we must receive them with the mind and the will; we must act on them, we must experiment on them, we must let them permeate our consciousness.