GREAT QUOTES OF MICHAEL FARADAY | GREAT QUOTES OF FAMOUS SCIENTISTS

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GREAT QUOTES OF MICHAEL FARADAY

“Nothing is too wonderful to be true if it be consistent with the laws of nature.” - Michael Faraday

“There’s nothing quite as frightening as someone who knows they are right.” - Michael Faraday

“It is right that we should stand by and act on our principles; but not right to hold them in obstinate blindness, or retain them when proved to be erroneous.” - Michael Faraday

“A man who is certain he is right is almost sure to be wrong.” - Michael Faraday

“Shall we educate ourselves in what is known, and then casting away all we have acquired, turn to ignorance for aid to guide us among the unknown?” - Michael Faraday

“But still try for who knows what is possible!” - Michael Faraday

“I will simply express my strong belief, that that point of self-education which consists in teaching the mind to resist its desires and inclinations, until they are proved to be right, is the most important of all, not only in things of natural philosophy, but in every department of daily life.” - Michael Faraday

“No matter what you look at, if you look at it closely enough, you are involved in the entire universe.” - Faraday Michael

“In place of practicing wholesome self-abnegation, we ever make the wish the father to the thought: we receive as friendly that which agrees with, we resist with dislike that which opposes us; whereas the very reverse is required by every dictate of common sense.” - Michael Faraday

“Who would not have been laughed at if he had said in 1800 that metals could be extracted from their ores by electricity or that portraits could be drawn by chemistry.

{Commenting on Henri Becquerel's process for extracting metals by voltaic means.}” - Michael Faraday

GREAT QUOTES OF BLAISE PASCAL | GREAT QUOTES OF FAMOUS SCIENTISTS

 

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GREAT QUOTES OF BLAISE PASCAL

“The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.” - Blaise Pascal

“All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” - Blaise Pascal

“I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter." (Letter 16, 1657)” - Blaise Pascal

“Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.” - Blaise Pascal

“I would prefer an intelligent hell to a stupid paradise.” - Blaise Pascal

“People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.” - Blaise Pascal

“Kind words don't cost much. Yet they accomplish much.” - Blaise Pascal

“To make light of philosophy is to be a true philosopher.” - Blaise Pascal

“Curiosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know something so that we can talk about it.” - Blaise Pascal

“You always admire what you really don't understand.” - Blaise Pascal

“The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of... We know the truth not only by the reason, but by the heart.” - Blaise Pascal

“I made this [letter] very long, because I did not have the leisure to make it shorter.” - Blaise Pascal

GREAT QUOTES OF PASTEUR | GREAT QUOTES OF FAMOUS SCIENTISTS

 

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GREAT QUOTES OF PASTEUR

“Chance favors the prepared mind.” - Louis Pasteur

“Wine is the most healthful and most hygienic of beverages.” - Louis Pasteur

“A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.” - Louis Pasteur

“Fortune favors the prepared mind.” - Louis Pasteur

“Messieurs, c'est les microbes qui auront le dernier mot." (Gentlemen, it is the microbes who will have the last word.)” - Louis Pasteur

“Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world.” - Louis Pasteur

“Science knows no country because it is the light that iluminates the world” - Louis Pasteur

“Chance favours the prepared mind.” - Louis Pasteur

“The more I study nature, the more I stand amazed at the work of the Creator.” - Louis Pasteur

“whatever your career may be, do not let yourselves become tainted by a deprecating and barren scepticism, do not let yourselves be discouraged by the sadness of certain hours which pass over nations. Live in the serene peace of laboratories and libraries. Say to yourselves first : ' What have I done for my instruction ? ' and , as you gradually advance, 'What have I done for my country?' until the time comes when you may have the immense happiness of thinking that you have contributed in some way to the progress and to the good of humanity. But, whether our efforts are or not favoured by life, let us be able to say, when we come near the great goal, ' I have done what I could” - Louis Pasteur

“Where observation is concerned, chance favors only the prepared mind.” - Louis Pasteur

GREAT QUOTES OF EINSTEIN | GREAT QUOTES OF FAMOUS SCIENTISTS

 

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GREAT QUOTES OF EINSTEIN

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.” - Albert Einstein

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” - Albert Einstein

“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” - Albert Einstein

“If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.” - Albert Einstein

“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.” - Albert Einstein

“Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.” - Albert Einstein

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” - Albert Einstein

“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” - Albert Einstein

“I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.” - Albert Einstein

“Never memorize something that you can look up.” - Albert Einstein

“When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.” - Albert Einstein

GREAT QUOTES OF THOMAS EDISON | GREAT QUOTES OF INVENTORS

 

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GREAT QUOTES OF INVENTORS
GREAT QUOTES OF THOMAS EDISON

** Never get discouraged if you fail. Learn from it. Keep trying.

** Learn with both your head and hands.

** Not everything of value in life comes from books - experience the world.

** Never stop learning. Read the entire panorama of literature.

1."Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time."

2. "Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless."

3."There is no substitute for hard work."

4. "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."

5. "If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves."

6. "What you are will show in what you do."

7. "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."

8. "The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense."

9. "Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth."

10. "Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration."

11. "I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun." 12. "Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing."

GREAT QUOTES OF EUCLID | GREAT QUOTES OF FAMOUS SCIENTISTS

 

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GREAT QUOTES OF EUCLID

“The laws of nature are but the mathematical thoughts of God.” - Euclid, Euclid's Elements

“There is no Royal Road to Geometry.” - Euclid

“What has been affirmed without proof can also be denied without proof.” - Euclid

“Handwriting is a spiritual designing, even though it appears by means of a material instrument.” - Euclid

“1. An 'unit' is that by virtue of which each of the things that exist is called one.

2. A 'number' is a multiple composed of units.” - Euclid, Euclid's Elements

“A straight line is said to have been cut in extreme and mean ratio when, as the whole line is to the greater segment, so is the greater to the lesser.” - Euclid , Euclid's Elements

GREAT QUOTES OF ARCHIMEDES | GREAT QUOTES OF FAMOUS SCIENTISTS

 

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GREAT QUOTES OF ARCHIMEDES

“Give me a place to stand and I will move the earth.” - Archimedes

“Give me but a firm spot on which to stand, and I shall move the earth.” - Archimedes

“Give me a place to stand, and a lever long enough, and I will move the world.” - Archimedes

“Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.” - Archimedes

“Mathematics reveals its secrets only to those who approach it with pure love, for its own beauty.” - Archimedes

“Don't disturb my circles!” - Archimedes

“Give me a place to stand, a lever long enough and a fulcrum. and I can move the Earth” - Archimedes

“Give me a place to stand, and I will move the Earth.” - Archimedes

“Give me a place to stand and rest my lever on, and I can move the Earth.” - Archimedes

“Noli turbare circulos meos!” - archimedes

“Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it and I'll move the world” - Archimedes

“Give me a place outside the earth on which to rest my lever, and I will move the world. By Archimedes” - Archimedes