Prove

All means prove but blunt instruments, if they have not behind them a living spirit.

I have lived to prove Thoreau’s contention that a man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.

If my theory of relativity is proven successful, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare me a citizen of the world. Should my theory prove untrue, France will say that I am a German, and Germany will declare that I am a Jew.

It is always delightful when a great and beautiful idea proves to be consonant with reality.

No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong.

The fact that man produces a concept “I” besides the totality of his mental and emotional experiences or perceptions does not prove that there must be any specific existence behind such a concept. We are succumbing to illusions produced by our self-created language, without reaching a better understanding of anything. Most of so-called philosophy is due to this kind of fallacy.

The mind can proceed only so far upon what it knows and can prove. There comes a point where the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge, but can never prove how it got there. All great discoveries have involved such a leap

The traditional religions worry me. Their long history proves that they have not understood the meaning of the commandment: Thou shalt not kill. If we want to save this world from unimaginable destruction we should concentrate not on the faraway God , but on the heart of the individual.

There comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can never prove how it got there.