"A good plan will therefore include alternative actions, the choice between them being left open until the passage of time indicates which is feasible and which is not."
Carl Henry Eckart was an American physicist, physical oceanographer, geophysicist, and administrator. He co-developed the Wigner–Eckart theorem and is also known for the Eckart conditions in quantum mechanics, the Eckart–Young theorem in linear algebra, and his work on non-equilibrium thermodynamics and continuum mechanics, including a relativistic treatment.
"But this same process of the old teaching the young can also cause errors and false conclusions to accumulate with the passage of time. One should therefore study ancient writings, not so much in the hope of finding lost wisdom as in the hope of locating the origin of errors that have been, and still are, accepted truths."
Carl Eckart"Each community has a curious and distorted image of itself which is always flattering."
Carl Eckart"In order to arrive to a more realistic view of society, it must be recognized that there are individual differences that cannot be eradicated by the most rigid curriculum, and that various individuals will choose different educational curricula if allowed to do so."
Carl Eckart"If we are to control our own future, it will be necessary, not only to obtain the cooperation of people, but to prepare comprehensive plans for that future."
Carl Eckart"Most of us are unaware of our deep-seated faith in numbers."
Carl Eckart"Hunting is doing business with animals."
Carl Eckart