The Faculty of the House of Wisdom

“What is the unknown? What do we know? How do we find what is hidden from what is visible?”

“Nature is pleased with simplicity.”

“An equation for me has no meaning unless it expresses a thought of God.”

“The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have religion and no wit.”

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, but the most adaptable.”

“Do not accept what I say because I say it. Test it.”

“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”

“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.”

“In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.”

“Today we travel not with our feet but with our minds.”

“Before we discuss whether X is true, we must agree on what X means.”

“The past resembles the future more than one drop of water resembles another.”

“It is not from the benevolence of the butcher that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. (Smith)”

“I set out alone, having neither fellow-traveler in whose companionship I might find cheer.”

“Before we name what someone is feeling, let us ask: what is it doing for them?”

“The Analytical Engine weaves algebraic patterns just as the Jacquard loom weaves flowers and leaves.”

“Every great invention begins with a problem worth solving.”

“As the scholars of tajweed established — every letter has a place of articulation.”

“ہزاروں خواہشیں ایسی کہ ہر خواہش پہ دم نکلے — Hazaaron khwahishein aisi ke har khwahish pe dam nikle”