"If the experience of science teaches anything, it's that the world is very strange and surprising. The many revolutions in science have certainly shown that.“

-John Polkinghorne

posted in Experience

John Polkinghorne quote on Experience: "If the experience of science teaches anything, it's that the world is very strange and sur..." - Aesthetic Wallpaper & Wisdom

Other Quotes by John Polkinghorne

Discover more inspiring quotes by John Polkinghorne

"Of course, Einstein was a very great scientist indeed, and I have enormous respect for him, and great admiration for the discoveries he made. But he was very committed to a view of the objectivity of the physical world."

-John Polkinghorne

RespectView Quote

"If the experience of science teaches anything, it's that the world is very strange and surprising. The many revolutions in science have certainly shown that."

-John Polkinghorne

ScienceView Quote

"Science cannot tell theology how to construct a doctrine of creation, but you can't construct a doctrine of creation without taking account of the age of the universe and the evolutionary character of cosmic history."

-John Polkinghorne

ScienceView Quote

"I also think we need to maintain distinctions - the doctrine of creation is different from a scientific cosmology, and we should resist the temptation, which sometimes scientists give in to, to try to assimilate the concepts of theology to the concepts of science."

-John Polkinghorne

ScienceView Quote

"I'm a very passionate believer in the unity of knowledge. There is one world of reality - one world of our experience that we're seeking to describe."

-John Polkinghorne

KnowledgeView Quote

"People, and especially theologians, should try to familiarize themselves with scientific ideas. Of course, science is technical in many respects, but there are some very good books that try to set out some of the conceptual structure of science."

-John Polkinghorne

ScienceView Quote

Same Category

More quotes in this category

"Life can only be understood backwards but it must be lived forwards."

-Soren Kierkegaard

ExperienceView Quote

"We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them."

-Khalil Gibran

ExperienceView Quote

"The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience."

-Emily Dickinson

ExperienceView Quote

"Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print experience is what you get when you don't."

-Pete Seeger

ExperienceView Quote

"Talking with you is sort of the conversational equivalent of an out of body experience."

-Bill Watterson

ExperienceView Quote

"Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession."

-George Washington

ExperienceView Quote