Lakatos, Imre

"The pursuit of knowledge is humanity's noblest endeavor."

"Science is not a collection of laws, a catalogue of unrelated items, but an interconnected system of ideas."

"The history of science is a history of competing research programmes."

"Bold conjectures and critical refutations - this is how knowledge grows."

"A theory that explains everything explains nothing."

"Criticism is the life blood of science."

"The greatest scientist is not the one who never fails, but the one who learns most from failure."

"Falsifiability is the demarcation line between science and pseudo-science."

"Dogmatism kills the scientific spirit before it is born."

"Progress in science comes not from confirming what we believe, but from challenging it."

"The rational mind is one that welcomes refutation."

"Certainty is the enemy of understanding."

"In science, as in life, we must be willing to change our minds when confronted with better evidence."

"A hypothesis that cannot be wrong is not science, it is mythology."

"The mark of a true scientist is not the absence of doubt, but the courage to doubt."

"Innovation requires intellectual humility and a willingness to be proven wrong."

"The greatest discoveries often come from the boldest conjectures."

"Truth is not handed down from on high; it is built through critical dialogue."

"Science progresses when we stop merely confirming our biases."

"The scientist who fears criticism has already lost the game."

"Every great theory was once considered outrageous."

"Intellectual growth demands that we embrace paradox and contradiction."

"The method of science is not to seek certainty but to seek better understanding."

"A research programme that cannot adapt is a dead research programme."

"Genius is the ability to hold contradictory ideas and continue functioning."

"The more we learn, the more we should question what we think we know."

"Science is the art of asking better questions, not finding final answers."

"In the history of science, the exceptions are often more important than the rules."

"Rational criticism is an act of intellectual courage."

"We make progress not by having the right answers, but by asking better questions."