Non Scientific Quotes

“I readily admit that the theory (of multiple intelligences) is no longer current. Several fields of knowledge have advanced significantly since the early 1980s.”
― Howard Gardner

“Former Olympian distance runner Lynn Jennings shared that her best races were ones in which she wanted to quit halfway through.
Why? Because she was out on the edge, pushing herself… The result was championship level performances.”
― Ken Sayles, Coach, Run, Win

“The Jains have created a complex system of biological knowledge. It is a system that includes concepts of physiology, morphology, and modes of reproduction, but its main focus is taxonomy. It should not be thought of as a system of scientific analysis. Its basic motivation is soteriological, and the system may be seen as a conceptual scaffolding for the Jain vision of creaturely bondage and the path to liberation”
― Lawrence A. Babb, Absent Lord: Ascetics and Kings in a Jain Ritual Culture (Comparative Studies in Religion and Society)