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Where No Guiding Ideals Are Left To Point The Way, The Scale Of Values Disappears And With It The Meaning Of Our Deeds And Sufferings, And At The End Can Lie Only Negation And Despair. Religion Is Therefore The Foundation Of Ethics, And Ethics The Presupposition Of Life.

Many People Will Tell You That An Expert Is Someone Who Knows A Great Deal About The Subject. To This I Would Object That One Can Never Know Much About Any Subject. I Would Much Prefer The Following Definition: An Expert Is Someone Who Knows Some Of The Worst Mistakes That Can Be Made In The Subject, And How To Avoid Them.

Modern Physics Has Changed Nothing In The Great Classical Disciplines Of, For Instance, Mechanics, Optics, And Heat. Only The Conception Of Hitherto Unexplored Regions, Formed Prematurely From A Knowledge Of Only Certain Parts Of The World, Has Undergone A Decisive Transformation. This Conception, However, Is Always Decisive For The Future Course Of Research.

Science No Longer Is In The Position Of Observer Of Nature, But Rather Recognizes Itself As Part Of The Interplay Between Man And Nature. The Scientific Method ... Changes And Transforms Its Object: The Procedure Can No Longer Keep Its Distance From The Object.

Natural Science, Does Not Simply Describe And Explain Nature; It Is Part Of The Interplay Between Nature And Ourselves