Human Spirit Quotes (2)
It is only by introducing the young to great literature, drama and music, and to the excitement of great science that we open to them the possibilities that lie within the human spirit—enable them to see visions and dream dreams.
Reader's Digest Quotable Quotes (1997), 144. This quote, usually seen attributed as 'Eric Anderson' is here tentatively linked to Sir Eric Anderson. If you can confirm this with a primary source, please contact Webmaster.
See also: | Drama (2) | Dream (15) | Excitement (3) | Literature (12) | Music (12) | Science (463) | Vision (4) | Youth (13)
To me, science is an expression of the human spirit, which reaches every sphere of human culture. It gives an aim and meaning to existence as well as a knowledge, understanding, love, and admiration for the world. It gives a deeper meaning to morality and another dimension to esthetics.
From a letter to his long-time associate, Jerrold Zacharias. Quoted in A tribute to I. I. Rabi, Department of Physics, Columbia University, June 1970. In John S. Rigden, in Rabi, Scientist and Citizen (2000), xxi.
See also: | Admiration (4) | Aesthetics (2) | Aim (5) | Culture (22) | Existence (54) | Expression (6) | Love (30) | Meaning (11) | Morality (12) | Science (463) | World (49)
