Sublime

if each gold atom were on average several centimetres from its nearest neighbour, one might pass one’s hand through the ‘sheet’ without touching any gold at all. Similarly, there is an ultimate lump or ‘atom’ of light, a photon.

Richard Feynman, the great physicist, once said, “Imagine how much harder physics would be if electrons had feelings.”

Et dites-moi, pourquoi Goethe ? demande le principal. — Il est l’impérissable génie allemand. Le plus grand des Allemands. Un génie de l’écriture, de la science, de l’art et de la philosophie. Un génie dans plus de domaines que quiconque.

(Let’s face it, famous old maxims attributed to ancient scientists are probably made up, but they’re no less instructive for that.)