Michael Faraday

Chemist and Physicist English 1791 – 1867

Discovered electromagnetic induction and electrochemistry.

379 quotes

"The creative mind is one that dares to challenge accepted truths."
Creativity
"In the end, we are remembered not for our success, but for our integrity."
"The pursuit of understanding ennobles the human spirit."
Philosophy
"Every question answered opens the door to a hundred new ones."
Knowledge
"The invisible becomes visible to those who know how to look."
Science
"Life's greatest lessons come not from books, but from attentive observation."
Wisdom
"The strength of purpose is the greatest force in the world."
Strength
"In the laboratory of nature, failure is simply data gathering."
Perseverance
"The joy of discovery is a treasure that no fortune can buy."
Happiness
"To understand electricity is to understand a fundamental principle of creation."
Science
"The path to truth is paved with questions, not answers."
Truth
"In the quiet moments of reflection, the deepest insights are born."
Solitude
"The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches, but to reveal to him his own."
Wisdom
"Nothing is too wonderful to be true, if it be consistent with the laws of nature."
Science
"I have long held an opinion almost amounting to conviction that the various forms under which the forces of matter are made manifest have one common origin."
Science
"When your mind is engaged, you will find beauty in everything around you."
Beauty
"The beauty of electrical and magnetic phenomena lies in their fundamental unity."
Science
"A man who is certain he is right is almost always wrong."
Wisdom
"Work. Finish. Publish. That is the path to excellence."
Work
"I would rather be a little nobody then to be a evil somebody."
Courage
"The important thing is not to stop questioning when young."
Education
"Constant attention by a careful observer can discover methods of force and shortcomings in materials."
Knowledge
"The philosophy of discovery teaches us to look for knowledge in nature itself."
Nature
"Discover the laws and you discover the mind behind them."
Wisdom
"Intellectual powers are not given to us only to be unfolded and enlarged but also to be employed."
Education
"The lecturer should give the audience full reason to believe that every word he utters is the result of deep reflection."
Leadership
"Those who do not think much will talk much."
Wisdom
"Let the imagination go, guiding it by judgment and principle."
Creativity
"I cannot imagine a more complete misfortune than the loss of one's reason."
Health
"Exertion is the price of excellence."
Success