The values by which we are to survive are not rules for just and unjust conduct, but are those deeper illuminations in whose light justice and injustice, good and evil, means and ends are seen in fearful sharpness of outline. Jacob Bronowski conductdeepend share on social
The wish to hurt, the momentary intoxication with pain, is the loophole through which the pervert climbs into the minds of ordinary men. Jacob Bronowski climbhurtintoxication Change image and share on social
You will die but the carbon will not; its career does not end with you. It will return to the soil, and there a plant may take it up again in time, sending it once more on a cycle of plant and animal life. Jacob Bronowski animalcarboncareer share on social
It is important that students bring a certain ragamuffin, barefoot irreverence to their studies; they are not here to worship what is known, but to question it. Jacob Bronowski barefootbringimportant Change image and share on social
We gain our ends only with the laws of nature; we control her only by understanding her laws. Jacob Bronowski controlendgain Change image and share on social
The world is full of people who never quite get into the first team and who just miss the prizes at the flower show. Jacob Bronowski flowerfullmis Change image and share on social
The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. Jacob Bronowski actioncontemplationgrasp Change image and share on social
No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power. Jacob Bronowski corruptionimmuneinfection Change image and share on social
Man is unique not because he does science, and his is unique not because he does art, but because science and art equally are expressions of his marvelous plasticity of mind. Jacob Bronowski artequallyexpression Change image and share on social
To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them. Jacob Bronowski intellectualissueknow Change image and share on social
