<Li> The Lubavitcher Rebbe said that our generation is compared to "dwarves standing on giants' shoulders". Although we may appear to be on a lower spiritual level (dwarves) than previous generations (who were like giants on a spiritual level), when our (much smaller) achievements are added to their (much larger) achievements, the combined achievements ultimately bring us to the era of Moshiach! </Li> <Li> The quotes file of the molecular dynamics software package Gromacs (the command line tools of the package optionally display random quotes when they complete running) includes the reverse of the saying: "If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my shoulders ." The quote is attributed to MIT professor Hal Abelson . </Li>

It is because i have stood on the shoulders of giants