It is far better to foresee even without certainty than not to foresee at all.

Quote by Henri Poincare

Topics: Future Quotes, Planning Quotes

Absolute space, that is to say, the mark to which it would be necessary to...

Absolute space, that is to say, the mark to which it would be necessary to...

Thought is only a flash between two long nights, but this flash is everything

Thought is only a flash between two long nights, but this flash is everything

No more than these machines need the mathematician know what he does.

No more than these machines need the mathematician know what he does.

Science is facts.

Science is facts.

What is it indeed that gives us the feeling of elegance in a solution, in...

What is it indeed that gives us the feeling of elegance in a solution, in...

A small error in the former will produce an enormous error in the latter.

A small error in the former will produce an enormous error in the latter.

Ideas rose in clouds; I felt them collide until pairs interlocked, so to speak, making...

Ideas rose in clouds; I felt them collide until pairs interlocked, so to speak, making...

Point set topology is a disease from which the human race will soon recover.

Point set topology is a disease from which the human race will soon recover.

Science is built up of facts, as a house is with stones. But a collection...

Science is built up of facts, as a house is with stones. But a collection...

If one looks at the different problems of the integral calculus which arise naturally when...

If one looks at the different problems of the integral calculus which arise naturally when...

Invention consists in avoiding the constructing of useless contraptions and in constructing the useful combinations...

Invention consists in avoiding the constructing of useless contraptions and in constructing the useful combinations...

It is far better to foresee even without certainty than not to foresee at all.

It is far better to foresee even without certainty than not to foresee at all.

It is through science that we prove, but through intuition that we discover.

It is through science that we prove, but through intuition that we discover.

One would have to have completely forgotten the history of science so as to not...

One would have to have completely forgotten the history of science so as to not...

A very small cause which escapes our notice determines a considerable effect that we cannot...

A very small cause which escapes our notice determines a considerable effect that we cannot...

Mathematical discoveries, small or great are never born of spontaneous generation.

Mathematical discoveries, small or great are never born of spontaneous generation.

The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he...

The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he...

It has adopted the geometry most advantageous to the species or, in other words, the...

It has adopted the geometry most advantageous to the species or, in other words, the...

Thought is only a flash between two long nights, but this flash is everything.

Thought is only a flash between two long nights, but this flash is everything.

It is the harmony of the diverse parts, their symmetry, their happy balance; in a...

It is the harmony of the diverse parts, their symmetry, their happy balance; in a...