Scientific theory is a contrived foothold in the chaos of living phenomena.
WILHELM REICH, The Function of the Organism
Professors in every branch of the sciences prefer their own theories to truth: the reason is, that their theories are private property, but truth is common stock.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON, Lacon
It takes enormous effort to avoid all theories and just see.
MICHAEL CRICHTON, Travels
The field of experience is the whole universe in all directions. Theory remains shut up within the limits of human faculties.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, The Maxims and Reflections of Goethe
Everybody has a theory.
Theory is worth but little, unless it can explain its own phenomena, and it must effect this without contradicting itself; therefore, the facts are sometimes assimilated to the theory, rather than the theory to the facts.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON, Lacon
Theories are usually the over-hasty efforts of an impatient understanding that would gladly be rid of phenomena, and so puts in their place pictures, notions, nay, often mere words.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, The Maxims and Reflections of Goethe
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