Monads Leibniz Quotes & Sayings

It follows from what we have just said, that the natural changes of monads come from an internal principle, since an external cause would be unable to influence their inner being. — Gottfried Leibniz

The whitewashing of windows can provide very effective protection against fire resulting from the heat-flash from nuclear explosions. — William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw

Thus God alone is the primary Unity, or original simple substance, from which all monads, created and derived, are produced. — Gottfried Leibniz

Now where there are no parts, there neither extension, nor shape, nor divisibility is possible. And these monads are the true atoms of nature and, in a word, the elements of things. — Gottfried Leibniz

To insure the greatest efficiency in the dart, the harpooners of this world must start to their feet from out of idleness, and not from out of toil. — Herman Melville

The minds of different generations are as impenetrable one by the other as are the monads of Leibniz. — Andre Maurois

Didn't you tell me smoking ruined your stamina as a boxer?
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Ruined is a strong word, I'd say.
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It helps fight boredom. It gives you more to do and less time to do it in. — Mohsin Hamid

Mike Knox, I am also getting real sick of this! Your problem isn't me staying away from your girl ... Your problem is your girl staying away from me! — CM Punk

The goal is to make practice more difficult, physically/mentally, than anything your players will face during a game. — Bobby Knight

The face is like a penis. — Deyth Banger

An organization's success has more to do with clarity of shared purpose, common principles and strength of belief in them than to assets, expertise, operating ability or management competence, important as they may be. — Dee Hock

Can you really believe that a drop of urine is an infinity of monads, and that each of these has ideas, however obscure, of the universe as a whole? — Voltaire