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
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
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
No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power. Jacob Bronowski corruptionimmuneinfection Change image and share on social
We are all afraid for our confidence, for the future, for the world. That is the nature of the human imagination. Yet every man, every civilization, has gone forward because of its engagement with what it has set itself to do. Jacob Bronowski afraidcivilizationconfidence share on social
Science has nothing to be ashamed of even in the ruins of Nagasaki. The shame is theirs who appeal to other values than the human imaginative values which science has evolved. Jacob Bronowski appealashamedevolve Change image and share on social
Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast over nature. Jacob Bronowski castfailforce Change image and share on social
Power is the by-product of understanding. Jacob Bronowski powerproductunderstand Change image and share on social
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
