Quotes about Finite

Finite to fail, but infinite to venture. Votes: 6

No finite point has meaning without an infinite reference point. Votes: 4

Infinite growth of material consumption in a finite world is an impossibility. Votes: 4

Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite. Votes: 4

A finite world can support only a finite population; therefore, population growth must eventually equal zero. Votes: 4

Man's unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his greatness; it is because there is an Infinite in him, which with all his cunning he cannot quite bury under the Finite. Votes: 4

In my case, I used the elements of these simple forms - square, cube, line and color - to produce logical systems. Most of these systems were finite; that is, they were complete using all possible variations. This kept them simple. Votes: 4

Finite mind cannot comprehend infinity. Votes: 3

There is a solitude of space. A solitude of sea. A solitude of death, but these societies shall be compared with that profounder site-that polar privacy. A soul admitted to itself--Finite infinity. Votes: 3

No contradictions will arise as long as Finite Man does not mistake the infinite for something fixed, as long as he is not led by an acquired habit of mind to regard the infinite as something bounded. Votes: 3

Language makes infinite use of finite media. Votes: 2

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope. Votes: 2

Acceleration is finite, I think, according to some laws of physics. Votes: 2

Think of something finite molded into the infinite, and you think of man. Votes: 2

Only I discern Infinite passion, and the pain Of finite hearts that yearn. Votes: 2

Thus it is necessary to commence from an inescapable duality: the finite is not the infinite. Votes: 2

Faith is an act of a finite being who is grasped by, and turned to, the infinite. Votes: 2

I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine. Votes: 2

We have a finite amount of time. Whether short or long, it doesn't matter. Life is to be lived. Votes: 2

Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist. Votes: 2

An island is a fixed and finite piece of geography, and usually the whole place has been carved up and claimed. Votes: 2

Culture' is a finite segment of the meaningless infinity of the world process, a segment on which human beings confer meaning and significance. Votes: 2

I believe that every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises. Votes: 2

Feeling and experiencing infinity within this finite body, living timelessness within the time span of life - this is what you are here for Votes: 2

The finite is annihilated in the presence of the infinite, and becomes a pure nothing. So our spirit before God, so our justice before divine justice. Votes: 2

Our population and our use of the finite resources of planet Earth are growing exponentially, along with our technical ability to change the environment for good or ill. Votes: 2

In Christ was united the human and the divine. His mission was to reconcile God to man, and man to God; to unite the finite with the infinite. Votes: 2

I believe that the Good Lord gave us a finite number of heartbeats and I'm damned if I'm going to use up mine running up and down a street. Votes: 2

Internet TV and the move to the digital approach is quite revolutionary. TV has historically has been a broadcast medium with everybody picking from a very finite number of channels. Votes: 2

Although computer memory is no longer expensive, there's always a finite size buffer somewhere. When a big piece of news arrives, everybody sends a message to everybody else, and the buffer fills Votes: 2

We used to live in a world where the price of resources came down steadily, and now the world has changed. You have a great mismatch between finite resources and exponential population growth. Votes: 2

There has been a tendency through the years for reason and moderation to prevail as long as things are going tolerably well or as long as our problems seem clear and finite and manageable. Votes: 2

And when the world is created, it is created in such a way that those eternal objects of God's loving wisdom become actualities - interacting with one another, relating to God in the finite realm. Votes: 2

Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of finitude we are surrounded by possibilities that are infinite, and the purpose of life is to grasp as much as we can out of that infinitude. Votes: 2

But the universe, as a collection of finite things, presents itself as a kind of island situated in a pure vacuity to which time, regarded as a series of mutually exclusive moments, is nothing and does nothing. Votes: 2

Wealth, in terms of dollars and so forth, could be counted up, because dollars were finite. It doesn't make any difference how many dollars you have-at a certain point you only have dollars. You start with finite, you end with finite. Votes: 2

And introduce an element of cynicism and darkness into it and just realize that we're all vulnerable. We are humans. There is a finite end to this life and we're all going to face it and a little silliness can help. Votes: 2

We all know we have a finite period of time. I just feel if I'm going to be alive, I want to be challenged - to be as immortal as possible. The path to that isn't an easy way, but it's a rewarding way. Votes: 2

People who care about animals tend to care about people. They don't care about animals to the exclusion of people. Caring is not a finite resource and, even more than that, it's like a muscle: the more you exercise it, the stronger it gets. Votes: 2

The known is finite, the unknown infinite; intellectually we stand on an islet in the midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability. Our business in every generation is to reclaim a little more land, to add something to the extent and the solidity of our possessions. Votes: 2

Just as fossil fuels from conventional sources are finite and are becoming depleted, those from difficult sources will also run out. If we put all our energy and resources into continued fossil fuel extraction, we will have lost an opportunity to have invested in renewable energy. Votes: 2

I have never been a fan of bond funds. Unlike a direct investment in an individual bond that you can hold to maturity and be assured you will get your principal back (assuming no default), a fund has no finite maturity date and most funds are actively traded. Votes: 2

If the cosmos isn't finite, then far, far away, floating duplicates of your brain - with all its experiences, thoughts, and emotions - are occasionally (and temporarily) thrown together by the random combining of atoms. Such 'Boltzmann brains,' as they're called, are a disturbing consequence of an unlimited universe. Votes: 2

If I'm on a train, with headphones, MP3s are great. At home, I prefer CD or vinyl, partly because they sound a little better in a quiet room and partly because they're finite in length and separate things, unlike the endless days and days of music stored on my laptop. Votes: 2

Life is short, youth is finite, and opportunities endless. Have you found the intersection of your passion and the potential for world-shaping positive impact? If you don't have a great idea of your own, there are plenty of great teams that need you - unknown startups and established teams in giant companies alike. Votes: 2

Dogs are a really amazing eye opener for us humans because their lives are compressed into such a short period, so we can see them go from puppyhood to adolescence to strong adulthood and then into their sunset years in 10 to 12 years. It really drives home the point of how finite all our lives are. Votes: 2

There are strong reasons for believing that space goes on beyond the limits of our observational horizon. There are strong reasons because if you look in opposite directions, conditions are the same to within one part in 100,000. So if we are part of some finite structure then, if the gradient is so shallow, it is likely to go on much further. Votes: 2

It's not as though we can keep burning coal in our power plants. Coal is a finite resource, too. We must find alternatives, and it's a better idea to find alternatives sooner then wait until we run out of coal, and in the meantime, put God knows how many trillions of tons of CO2 that used to be buried underground into the atmosphere. Votes: 2

Every life is finite, Will. Votes: 0

The past is a finite resource. Votes: 0

But how can finite grasp Infinity? Votes: 0

Knowledge is finite. Wonder is infinite. Votes: 0

Physical existence is finite.- Sagar Gorijala. Votes: 0

Man the infinite dreamer, dreaming finite dreams! Votes: 0

Life is finite, While knowledge is infinite. Votes: 0

Every infinity... is made finite to God. Votes: 0

Past time is finite, future time is infinite. Votes: 0

Words are finite expressions of the infinite mind. Votes: 0

The wasting of finite resources is everyones business Votes: 0

Your time as a manager is finite and valuable. Votes: 0

Life is short, youth is finite, and opportunities endless Votes: 0

From form to formless and from finite to infinite Votes: 0

Life is finite but you're blessed with infinite love. Votes: 0

All poetry is putting the infinite within the finite. Votes: 0

An infinite question is often destroyed by finite answers. Votes: 0

The 'lowly' finite is MUCH more beautiful than any 'infinite' Votes: 0

Love is the infinite which is given to the finite. Votes: 0

The finite forms have fallen away and we have become God. Votes: 0

You cannot run a linear system on a finite planet indefinitely. Votes: 0

Being human, we can only receive infinite truth in finite doses Votes: 0

Acceleration is finite, I think according to some laws of physics. Votes: 0

Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite. Votes: 0

I experience transcendence when something infinite reminds me I am finite. Votes: 0

Energy and time are finite resources; conserving them is very important. Votes: 0

Are not all finite beings better pleased with motions relative than absolute? Votes: 0

Economic growth won't feed a growing population living on this finite planet Votes: 0

The nonappearance of cheerfulness in the lives of good people is finite. Votes: 0

There's something about knowing life is finite that makes it so precious. Votes: 0

We were an extraordinary paradox. We are finite creatures made for the infinite. Votes: 0

The physical laws, in their observable consequences, have a finite limit of precision. Votes: 0

Life is finite, so focus on your purpose and do what is important. Votes: 0

We need an economics fit for purpose in a finite and entropic world. Votes: 0

We fly to beauty as an asylum from the terrors of finite nature. Votes: 0

The finite play for life is serious; the infinite play of life is joyous. Votes: 0

God created infinity, and man, unable to understand infinity, had to invent finite sets. Votes: 0

Wisdom views with an indifferent eye all finite joys, all blessings born to die. Votes: 0

If you wish to advance into the infinite, explore the finite in all directions. Votes: 0

The infinite we shall do right away. The finite may take a little longer. Votes: 0

Time and space are fragments of the infinite for the use of finite creatures. Votes: 0

If you want to reach the infinite, then explore every aspect of the finite. Votes: 0

This universe is the wreckage of the infinite on the shores of the finite. Votes: 0

Cryptography has generated number theory, algebraic geometry over finite fields, algebra, combinatorics and computers. Votes: 0

God is that infinite All of which man knows himself to be a finite part. Votes: 0

One drop of eternity is of greater weight than a vast ocean of finite things. Votes: 0

Humor is the contemplation of the finite from the point of view of the infinite. Votes: 0

The progress of mathematics can be viewed as progress from the infinite to the finite. Votes: 0

The world as it is perceived by most people, is a world of finite resources. Votes: 0

It is hard to be finite upon an infinite subject, and all subjects are infinite. Votes: 0

Computers are only capable of a certain kind of randomness because computers are finite devices. Votes: 0

Computers are finite machines; when given the same input, they always produce the same output. Votes: 0

Well, the capacity of French intellectuals to understand a Texan way of thinking is finite. Votes: 0

Everything is so finite but that's what makes our time and specific moments so important. Votes: 0

Life is so transient, finite, and fragile that there is no time to hate anyone. Votes: 0

Although your time and attention are finite, the demands on your time and attention are infinite. Votes: 0

Would you reach the infinite? Then enter into finite things, working out all that they contain. Votes: 0

Time is our most finite commodity, therefore our most valuable, and I respect other peoples' time. Votes: 0

The fantastic cannot exist independently of that 'real' world which it seems to find frustratingly finite. Votes: 0

The sea had jeeringly kept his finite body up, but drowned the infinite of his soul. Votes: 0

If in the infinite you want to stride, Just walk in the finite to every side. Votes: 0

Our lives are composed of a finite set of moments that we choose how to spend. Votes: 0

Why do we have such a finite capacity for pleasure but an infinite one for pain? Votes: 0

They say time heals all wounds, but that presumes the source of the grief is finite Votes: 0

Dirty energy is a finite resource; the more of it we use, the scarcer it becomes. Votes: 0

We all have such a finite time to leave the world better than we found it. Votes: 0

When we love, we see the infinite in the finite. We find the Creator in the creation. Votes: 0

How is it possible to find meaning in a finite world, given my waist and shirt size? Votes: 0

There's a finite market for DVD-by-mail, and the growth over the next 10 years will be in streaming. Votes: 0

Anyone who thinks consumption can expand forever on a finite planet is either insane or an economist. Votes: 0

God is a being of transcendent and unlimited perfections: his nature therefore is incomprehensible to finite spirits. Votes: 0

The finite human being shall never know in its fullness Truth and Love which is itself infinite. Votes: 0

According to Zen philosophy each human being has two minds, a finite mind and an infinite mind. Votes: 0

Anyone who believes in indefinite growth on a physically finite planet is either mad or an economist Votes: 0

Water is finite and we have not done a great job of managing it in the past. Votes: 0

If the Absolute becomes limited by the mind, It is no more Absolute; It has become finite. Votes: 0

Time matters because we are finite, because time is the medium in which we live our lives. Votes: 0

It is the infinite alone that cannot be attained, for if it could it would become finite. Votes: 0

Not all possibilities are open to us. The world is finite; our hopes spill over its rim. Votes: 0

In retrospect, everything is finite, but prospectively, there are infinite possibilities. I guess that's what makes life hopeful. Votes: 0

For it is only the finite that has wrought and suffered; the infinite lies stretched in smiling repose. Votes: 0

All men desire their own perfect adjustment, but they desire it, being finite men, on their own terms. Votes: 0

The secret of love is acceptance, acceptance of our finite self, of our life, our birth ... our death. Votes: 0

Our minds are finite and far from noble. Knowing their limits can help us to become better reasoners. Votes: 0

Ask what Time is, it is nothing else but something of eternal duration become finite, measurable and transitory. Votes: 0

The world becomes an apparently infinite, yet possibly finite, card game. Image combinations, permutations, comprise the world game. Votes: 0

Growth has failed on its own terms. You can't have infinite growth in a world of finite resources. Votes: 0

He that despairs measures Providence by his own little contracted model and limits infinite power to finite apprehensions. Votes: 0

As finite creatures who think and feel, we can create islands of meaning in the sea of information. Votes: 0

In a finite world this means that the per capita share of the world's goods must steadily decrease. Votes: 0

Life is not a continuous process, there's some sort of finite number of achievements that defines your life. Votes: 0

We live on a finite planet. We have finite resources, and we're running out of good, arable land. Votes: 0

Poetry is a tracing of the trajectories of a finite sound to the infinite points of its echoes. Votes: 0

I'm here, and I know that it's finite; I know that I'm not going to always be here. Votes: 0

Death is simply a change in perception. It is not an end to perception as a finite being. Votes: 0

When politicians & economists understand we live in a finite world & act accordingly then a better future has a chance Votes: 0

There is no single theory that is used in economics that considers the finite nature of resources. It's shocking. Votes: 0

There is no single theory that is used in economics that considers the finite nature of resources. Its shocking. Votes: 0

There's not some finite amount of pain inside us. Our bodies and minds just keep manufacturing more of it. (67) Votes: 0

The transfinite numbers are in a sense the new irrationalities [ ... they] stand or fall with the finite irrational numbers. Votes: 0

Water is a finite resource that is essential in the advancement of agriculture, and is vital to human life. Votes: 0

The point of life is to transcend the smallness of the finite self by identifying with things that last. Votes: 0

A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the play. Votes: 0

Enlightenment is not a finite state. It's not something that you just do and it's done. It goes on forever. Votes: 0

To me, there are four F's in a good tax system: it ought to be flatter, fairer, finite and family-friendly. Votes: 0

People who are too fastidious towards the finite never reach actuality, but linger in abstraction, and their light dies away. Votes: 0

The tonal is also endless and limitless. We like to think of it as being finite so we feel better. Votes: 0

The experience of life in a finite, limited body is specifically for the purpose of discovering and manifesting supernatural existence. Votes: 0

I don't want to think that the stories are finite; I want to feel that they can go on forever. Votes: 0

Astronomers say the universe is finite, which is a comforting thought for those people who can't remember where they leave things. Votes: 0

Open source isn't about saving money, it's about doing more stuff, and getting incremental innovation with the finite budget you have. Votes: 0

I had played many gay characters before, but they were finite - guest characters in TV shows or characters in plays. Votes: 0

It's more enjoyable for me to know that life is finite. Knowing that, I would like to go to a party. Votes: 0

Suffering is the stripping of our hope in finite things, therefore we do not put our ultimate hope in anything finite. Votes: 0

We are many, many selves. We're not just a finite being. The selves don't necessarily speak in words. But they are you. Votes: 0

An infinite question is often destroyed by finite answers. To define everything is to annihilate much that gives us laughter and joy. Votes: 0

I have to go. I have a finite amount of life left and I don't want to spend it arguing with you. Votes: 0

While I do believe I become a technically better writer over time, in others ways writing gets harder because inspiration is finite. Votes: 0

Anyone who thinks that you can have infinite growth on a planet with finite resources is either a madman or an economist. Votes: 0

I actually think the creative process is finite, and I'm wondering whether I've retched everything up. Because it's like vomiting or shitting. Votes: 0

From infinite awareness, something comes forward, a sense of infinite awareness and finite awareness. That perception is the birth of a being. Votes: 0

I have to go. I have a finite amount of life left and I don't want to spend it arguing with you. Votes: 0

The basic anxiety, the anxiety of a finite being about the threat of non-being, cannot be eliminated. It belongs to existence itself. Votes: 0

Life, to me personally, I believe it is a finite thing, my consciousness, and I want to use it as much as possible. Votes: 0

I can pretty much say all of us know when 'Downton' is going to end. This is a show with a finite life. Votes: 0

I can pretty much say all of us know when Downton is going to end. This is a show with a finite life. Votes: 0

Even with most finite planning you never know what the final result will reveal itself to be until it's staring back at you. Votes: 0

More simply said, the finite does not add to the infinite but merely expresses the power of the infinite in a limited mode. Votes: 0

Words are finite organs of the infinite mind. They cannot cover the dimensions of what is in truth. They break, chop, and impoverish it. Votes: 0

Life is short, youth is finite, and opportunities endless. Have you found the intersection of your passion and the potential for world-shaping positive impact? Votes: 0

Our most serious problem, perhaps, is that we have become a nation of fantasists. We believe, apparently, in the infinite availability of finite resources. Votes: 0

Since the Earth is finite, and we will have to stop expanding sometime, should we do it before or after nature's diversity is gone? Votes: 0

We are finite and God will not call us everywhere or to support every worthy cause. And real needs are not far from us. Votes: 0

When you're young, you think life is forever, but it's finite. I'm 68, so even by the maddest measurements, I'm in the last bit of life. Votes: 0

you and I have good enough minds to know how very limited and finite they really are. The naked intellect is an extraordinarily inaccurate instrument. Votes: 0

There is more going on beneath the surface than we think, and more going on in little, finite moments of time than we would guess. Votes: 0

Only when Eternity takes Time by the hand, Only when infinity weds the finite's thought, Can man be free from himself and live with God. Votes: 0

To meditate with humility, consider existence. It is infinite. You are finite. You are a finite portion of infinite existence. Let this be your meditation. Votes: 0

We have such a finite amount of hours on this planet, and there is just no excuse for living a mundane, predictable life in life. Votes: 0

Death is as casual and often as unexpected as birth. It is as difficult to define grief as joy. Each is finite. Each will fade. Votes: 0

Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought-particularly for people who can never remember where they have left things. Votes: 0

The infinite being has assumed unto himself the mystery of finitude. And in him who is love the finite and the infinite are made one. Votes: 0

Nothing finite is true, is interesting, is worthy to fix my attention. All that is particular is exclusive, and all that is exclusive repels me. Votes: 0

Scientifically, happiness is a choice. It is a choice about where your single processor brain will devote its finite resources as you process the world. Votes: 0

Global warming competes with cancer and competes with AIDS for a finite amount of money. Nobody ever won that fight by saying: My issue isn't important. Votes: 0

I feel awed by the mystery of being both so finite and yet so infinite, so much and so little, so conscious and yet, so coincidental. Votes: 0

Infinities and indivisibles transcend our finite understanding, the former on account of their magnitude, the latter because of their smallness; Imagine what they are when combined. Votes: 0

We each have a finite number of heartbeats, a finite amount of time. But we have enough heartbeats and enough time to do what is important. Votes: 0

Everything that is, was, and will be, eternally IS, even the countless forms, which are finite and perishable only in their objective, not in their ideal Form. Votes: 0

God's creature is one. He makes man, not men. His true creature is unitary and infinite, revealing himself, indeed, in every finite form, but compromised by none. Votes: 0

Love is no individual's experience; and though we are imperfect mediums, it does not partake of our imperfection; though we are finite, it is infinite and eternal... Votes: 0

Everything that is, was, and will be, eternally IS, even the countless forms, which are finite and perishable only in their objective, not in their ideal Form. Votes: 0

Our deepest mature conviction is that finite and infinite interpenetrate, as time and eternity interpenetrate, and our problems must be solved in the light of that conviction. Votes: 0

The term 'natural resources' confuses people. 'Natural resources' are not like a finite number of gifts under the Christmas tree. Nature is given, but resources are created. Votes: 0

I do not believe you can have infinite population or economic growth in a finite world. We are living on the shoulders of some awesome geometric curves. Votes: 0

If you end your story, it's a static work of art, a finite circle. But if you don't, it belongs to anyone's imagination. It stays alive forever. Votes: 0

People think that the ocean is big enough to sustain anything we throw at it - its hard to get into your head that it's actually finite. Votes: 0

It's a finite and very competitive world. All large aggregations of capital eventually find it hell on earth to grow and thus find a lower rate of return. Votes: 0

When you have the power to love, that strength, that courage is infinite; that love is infinite. There is nothing finite about it's presence, for love. never. dies. Votes: 0

There's this very vulnerable planet of ours with finite resources. Architects and designers have, I think, a fair responsibility for conserving energy and materials, and making things durable. Votes: 0

Athletics: it's a wonderful thing, it's a spell-binding thing, nothing in life has quite as much pageantry, as much emotion within a finite time frame, it's incredibly exciting. Votes: 0

What will use more finite resources? That 3rd or 4th child you have or driving a large car? We all need to think about the choices we make Votes: 0

Reincarnation is a process in which a finite being will go through a series of transmutations and will perceive different things. There will be a continuity of perception. Votes: 0

Reincarnation is a process in which a finite being will go through a series of transmutations and will perceive different things. There will be a continuity of perception. Votes: 0

All the goods of this world...are finite and limited and radically incapable of satisfying the desire that perpetually burns within us for an infinite and perfect good. Votes: 0

The past and the future were starlight, seemingly so close, but forever out of reach. Eli felt that starlight, the infinity of knowing nothing but his finite existence. Votes: 0

Athletics: it's a wonderful thing, it's a spell-binding thing, nothing in life has quite as much pageantry, as much emotion within a finite time frame, it's incredibly exciting. Votes: 0

In order that we finite beings may apprehend the Emporer He translates His glory into multiple forms - into stars, woods, waters, beasts, and the bodies of men. Votes: 0

In the study of Zen you can learn how to strengthen and clarify your finite mind. Your finite mind is like a muscle; when exercised it becomes stronger. Votes: 0

The nature of finite things is to have the seed of their passing-away as their essential being: the hour of their birth is the hour of their death. Votes: 0

The belief that love is a finite essence that will eventually run out holds a certain logic for me even now, even if I am supposed to know better. Votes: 0

Man is a moral animal abandoned in an amoral universe and condemned to a finite existence with no other prupose than to perpetuate the natural cycle of the species. Votes: 0

Time and space are finite in extent, but they don't have any boundary or edge. They would be like the surface of the earth, but with two more dimensions. Votes: 0

Every film is its own experience, its own planet, its own family. It seems infinite when you're working on it, and then it's suddenly very finite, and it's done. Votes: 0

The ways of Providence cannot be reasoned out by the finite mind ... I cannot fathom them, yet seeking to know them is the most satisfying thing in all the world. Votes: 0

Obviously businesses do not operate like an artists' commune. Business involves deploying finite resources to achieve goals in a competitive environment to make money. That is something creative people understand. Votes: 0

Practicing zazen and mindfulness constantly and correctly, over a period of time, can bring strength and clarity to your finite mind and eventually give you access to your infinite mind. Votes: 0

God is consistent with his nature and declared purposes in Scripture, but he is not limited to our finite understanding of him or the ways we think he should work. Votes: 0

Spiraling demand for resources of which our world contains a finite supply is the great long-term threat posed by globalisation. That is why we need new technology to relieve it. Votes: 0

The infinite, absolute character of Virtue has passed into a finite, conditional one; it is no longer a worship of the Beautiful and Good; but a calculation of the Profitable. Votes: 0

For a finite-size system to persist in time (to live), it must evolve in such a way that it provides easier access to the imposed currents that flow through it. Votes: 0

A man with a finite life can only dream to have an infinite journey and the good news is that any dream has the potential to turn into a reality Votes: 0

There is a way in which the collective knowledge of mankind expresses itself, for the finite individual, through mere daily living . . . a way in which life itself is sheer knowing. Votes: 0

The greatest miracle is the miracle of wakefulness, to awaken from the dream of life and to see infinity everywhere, even in the finite, in the simple doings of life. Votes: 0

Everybody has a finite amount of energy and limits to what he or she can do. Listen to your body. It will talk to you if you're willing to listen. Votes: 0

Even if we didn't have greenhouse gases, were going to have to move away from fossil fuels, as we're going to run out. They're finite, whereas solar and wind are infinite. Votes: 0

Those arts which are, to be sure, not finite, as geometry and arithmetic, do not suffer adornment; others, contrarily, are rather subject to division and embellishment, such as astronomy and jurisprudence. Votes: 0

People are beginning to realize that we need to live in accordance with the law of ecology, the law of finite resources, and if we don't, we're going to go extinct. Votes: 0

As long as you wish to separate yourself from the immortal consciousness, you will suffer. You will experience the pain of the separation, the abridgment of infinite mind in finite form. Votes: 0

Deities are invented by fallible and finite beings in the hope and desire to create immortal perfection; unfortunately, such deities only reflect their creators and inspire their followers to similar imperfections. Votes: 0

If we forgive God for his crime against us, which is to have made us finite creatures, He will forgive our crime against him, which is that we are finite creatures. Votes: 0

Man-made computers are limited in their performance by finite processing speed and memory. So, too, the cosmic computer is limited in power by its age and the finite speed of light. Votes: 0

Between the finite and the infinite The missing link of Love has left a void. Supply the link, and earth with Heaven will join In one continued chain of endless life. Votes: 0

I am tired of the litany of months, September October I am tired of the way the seasons keep changing, mimicking the seasons of the flesh which are real and finite. Votes: 0

Well, since paradoxes are at hand, let us see how it might be demonstrated that in a finite continuous extension it is not impossible for infinitely many voids to be found. Votes: 0

To speak of mystery in a Christian sense means that the human mind is finite and not fully able to understand, deduce or even contain the deep structures of God's reality. Votes: 0

We should like Nature to go no further; we should like it to be finite, like our mind; but this is to ignore the greatness and majesty of the Author of things. Votes: 0

By our very nature, we are a human paradox. We are a human being. The being is infinite and the human is very finite. We walk around like lightening in a bottle. Votes: 0

Although computer memory is no longer expensive, there's always a finite size buffer somewhere. When a big piece of news arrives, everybody sends a message to everybody else, and the buffer fills. Votes: 0

Having a finite life in an infinite universe means nothing; having an infinite life in a finite universe means nothing; having an infinite life in an infinite universe, now, that means something! Votes: 0

The first attempt at a response: there must have been a fall, a decline, and the road to salvation can only be the return of the sensible finite into the intelligible infinite. Votes: 0

For man to be able to live he must either not see the infinite, or have such an explanation of the meaning of life as will connect the finite with the infinite. Votes: 0

God is a wider consciousness than we are, a pure intelligence, spiritual life and actuality. He is neither one nor many, neither man nor spirit. Such predicates belong only to finite beings. Votes: 0

If we live out of our memory, we're tied to the past and to that which is finite. When we live out of our imagination, we're tied to that which is infinite. Votes: 0

There is nothing that is so wonderfully created as the human soul. There is something of God in it. We are infinite in the future, though we are finite in the past. Votes: 0

On your journey, remember there is no end. That is true knowledge. There is no final knowledge. There is no final enlightenment, that is a very finite, human way of seeing things. Votes: 0

My passion is to open people's eyes to the sea using the power of photography as a universal language to convince the unconvinced among us that the oceans are fragile and finite. Votes: 0

I wish I had the power to flip my reality upside down like an hourglass, and that life wasn't a finite affair, but rather a perpetually recurring passage through a hole in time. Votes: 0

Mathematics has been called the science of the infinite. Indeed, the mathematician invents finite constructions by which questions are decided that by their very nature refer to the infinite. This is his glory. Votes: 0

My conviction is that those fights need to be fought right now and can be won. And if in fact we have finite political capital, energy, resources, we need to win those fights. Votes: 0

Suddenly we could all hear, we could all listen, and instead of being caught up in our finite little balls of bullshit, we could all become players in that great universal orchestra again. Votes: 0

Never be satisfied with a first draft. In fact, never be satisfied with your own stuff at all, until you're certain it's as good as your finite powers can enable it to be. Votes: 0

There is a finite group of major financial players... and overall, the best thing for all of us is to be in an industry that's well respected, well regarded, and well thought of. Votes: 0

The nature will continue, it's our existence that is finite and you are given this gift of life and you make your way with it, but fate and natural disasters will continue on. Votes: 0

There is an odd assumption that compassion and care are finite or that critics can be everything to everyone - commenting on everything simply because they can. That's not what cultural criticism is. Votes: 0

With us the disguise must be complete. The familiar identity of things has to be pulverized in order to destroy the finite associations with which our society increasingly enshrouds every aspect of our environment. Votes: 0

However unapproachable these problems may seem to us and however helpless we stand before them, we have, nevertheless, the firm conviction that their solution must follow by a finite number of purely logical processes. Votes: 0

The life of a poet lies not merely in the finite language-dance of expression but in the nearly infinite combinations of perception and memory combined with the sensitivity to what is perceived and remembered. Votes: 0

The known is finite, the unknown infinite; intellectually we stand on an islet in the midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability. Our business in every generation is to reclaim a little more land." Votes: 0

Our Heavenly Father is far more merciful, infinitely more charitable, than even the best of his servants, and the Everlasting Gospel is mightier in power to save than our narrow finite minds can comprehend. Votes: 0

Each finite creature can reflect only a fraction of the divine nature; thus, in the diversity of His creatures, God's infinity, unity and oneness appear to be broken into an effulfgence of manifold rays. Votes: 0

Religion unites man with God, or forms a communication between them; yet do they not say, 'God is infinite?' If God be infinite, no finite being can have communication or relation with him. Votes: 0

Some people get tired of continual perception of the finite universe. They feel the perception of the universe over and over in variant forms is kind of an unhappy condition, because it doesn't last. Votes: 0

It's the best proposal that we ought to have because it's flatter, it's fairer, it's finite, it's family friendly. And instead, we've had a Congress that spent money like John Edwards at a beauty shop. Votes: 0

There is something more awful in happiness than in sorrow--the latter being earthly and finite, the former composed of the substance and texture of eternity, so that spirits still embodied may well tremble at it. Votes: 0

Euclid ... manages to obtain a rigorous proof without ever dealing with infinity, by reducing the problem [of the infinitude of primes] to the study of finite numbers. This is exactly what contemporary mathematical analysis does. Votes: 0

Our purity of taste is best tested by its universality, for if we can only admire this thing or that, we maybe use that our cause for liking is of a finite and false nature. Votes: 0

There is something wonderful about coming to terms with time - that it is finite. You want to have as much joy in your life as possible, and you take responsibility for your own joy. Votes: 0

What technology is really about is better ways to evolve. That is what we call an 'infinite game.' ... A finite game is played to win, and an infinite game is played to keep playing. Votes: 0

You asked me how to get out of the finite dimensions when I feel like it. I certainly don't use logic when I do it. Logic's the first thing you have to get rid of. Votes: 0

It is important to remember that the ocean's resources are finite. The commitment these kids are making here today is a clear and compelling call to all of us to pay attention to our ocean. Votes: 0

We who must die demand a miracle. How could the Eternal do a temporal act, The Infinite become a finite fact? Nothing can save us that is possible: We who must die demand a miracle. Votes: 0

Maybe you could even think 100,000 people are inside each human being. And you drop a novel on that person, and a certain number of those sub-people come alive or get reenergized for some finite time. Votes: 0

My work speaks of the finite and the infinite, of the macroscopic and the microscopic, the internal and external, by the masculine and feminine powers, but sex is like a snake, it slithers through everything. Votes: 0

Definitions must contain the means of reaching a decision in a finite number off steps, and existence proofs must be conducted so that the quantity in question can be calculated with any degree of accuracy. Votes: 0

The degree of success that you attain in all of your physical, mental and spiritual undertakings is dependent upon the strength and clarity of your finite mind and your ability to access your infinite mind. Votes: 0

Rather than continuing to base our economy on a finite supply of dead things, we can base it on sources that are practically infinite and eternal: the sun, the moon, and the Earth's inner fire. Votes: 0

Man always worships something; always he sees the Infinite shadowed forth in something finite; and indeed can and must so see it in any finite thing, once tempt him well to fix his eyes thereon. Votes: 0

Once humans traded their hunter-gatherer existences for more settled communities, we began a quest to make our lives better and more comfortable, but we've also been sucking precious finite resources from our environment ever since. Votes: 0