Handiwork – Quotes

As if they were

As if they were our own handiwork we place a high value on our characters. Epicurus

The night comes for the purpose of checking our busy employment, and introducing an interval of repose between the links of our action and our aspiration. It draws its dim curtain around the field of toil. It buries the objects of our handiwork in darkness, and involves them with uncertainty. It comes to the relief … Read more

Mathematics is man\\’s own

Mathematics is man’s own handiwork, subject only to the limitations imposed by the laws of thought. Edward Kasner

He will therefore have

He will therefore have to use what knowledge he can achieve, not to shape the results as the craftsman shapes his handiwork, but rather to cultivate a growth by providing the appropriate environment, in the manner in which the gardener does this for his plants. Friedrich August von Hayek

One can expect the

One can expect the human race to continue attempting systems just within or just beyond our reach; and software systems are perhaps the most intricate and complex of man’s handiworks. The management of this complex craft will demand our best use of new languages and systems, our best adaptation of proven engineering management methods, liberal … Read more

God Almighty first planted

God Almighty first planted a Garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man, without which buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks. And a man shall ever see, that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately sooner than … Read more

Your talk,\\\” I said,

Your talk,\” I said, \”is surely the handiwork of wisdom because not one word of it do I understand. Flann O’Brien

Nature is at work.

Nature is at work. Character and destiny are her handiwork. She gives us love and hate, jealousy and reverence. All that is ours is the power to choose which impulse we shall follow. David Seabury

Sagging wrinkles, hanging breasts

Sagging wrinkles, hanging breasts and many another sign of age are part of gravitation’s slow relentless handiwork. D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson

Mars and Venus and

Mars and Venus and Jupiter, all of the handiwork of God was now placed in the authority of the God of the earth. And here’s what He told him. He said I want you to guard it and keep out all intruders. Now that gives us a little insight on why When God made Adam … Read more