Bell, John Stewart

Physicist-Philosopher Northern Irish 1928 – 1990

Developed Bell's theorem challenging local realism.

386 quotes

"To do science is to embrace uncertainty"
Courage
"The day you stop questioning is the day you stop learning"
Education
"Nature guards her secrets jealously"
Nature
"There is poetry in physics"
Art
"The universe speaks a language of mathematics"
Science
"One must be willing to be wrong in order to be right"
Wisdom
"The mind is the greatest instrument of discovery"
Knowledge
"Reality is not what we perceive, but what we measure"
Science
"Patience is the virtue of those who seek the truth"
Patience
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is certainty"
Knowledge
"To understand the world, one must be humble before it"
"Science is the systematic interrogation of nature"
Science
"The future belongs to those who question the present"
Change
"In the depths of the atom lies the key to the universe"
Science
"Courage is not the absence of doubt, but action despite it"
Courage
"The laws of nature are written in the language of mathematics"
Science
"To live is to wonder; to wonder is to understand"
Life
"The scientist is a seeker of truth, not a purveyor of dogma"
Truth
"In nature, there are no contradictions, only limitations in our understanding"
Nature
"The greatest reward of science is the pursuit itself"
Success
"Knowledge without curiosity is sterile"
Knowledge
"The universe does not owe us an explanation, but we may demand one"
Philosophy
"To be a scientist is to be a servant of nature"
Science
"The mind that stops growing is a mind that stops living"
Wisdom
"In the realm of physics, imagination is as important as knowledge"
Imagination
"The beauty of science is that it is universal"
Beauty
"One must love the truth more than comfort"
Love
"The path to understanding is paved with failures"
Perseverance
"To question is to be alive"
Life
"The greatest discoveries are often the simplest"
Wisdom