Large increases in cost with questionable increases in performance can be tolerated only in race horses and fancy women.
Lord KelvinQuestions of personal priority, however interesting they may be to the persons concerned, sink into insignificance in the prospect of any gain of deeper insight into the secrets of nature.
Lord KelvinVortices of pure energy can exist and, if my theories are right, can compose the bodily form of an intelligent species.
Lord KelvinChristianity without the cross is nothing. The cross was the fitting close of a life of rejection, scorn and defeat. But in no true sense have these things ceased or changed. Jesus is still He whom man despiseth, and the rejected of men. The world has never admired Jesus, for moral courage is yet needed in every one of its high places by him who would "confess" Christ. The "offense" of the cross, therefore, has led men in all ages to endeavor to be rid of it, and to deny that it is the power of God in the world.
Lord Kelvin