Michael Faraday

"Do not suppose that I attribute the whole success of my investigation to chance alone."

"I have not been able to conceive this idea with clearness in my mind."

"Our experience is composed rather of illusions lost than of wisdom acquired."

"When the world is at war, the lights of culture can never shine brightly."

"I have found that the human heart is always seeking something."

"The philosophy of the world is quite different from the philosophy of a single man."

"I perceive that the good man is the creator of the good world."

"Take the darkness and the fear and I will turn it all into light."

"The body is indeed the foundation of all true knowledge."

"I have nothing to say to the public."

"Nothing is impossible when we have faith."

"The sun with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if its only purpose was to do just that."

"I must express the deepest gratitude for what I have received in life."

"The path of life is to be strewn with flowers, and the hours to be filled with music."

"History will judge us by what we do with this moment."

"I have lived to see this magnificent vision become reality."

"The universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose."

"My happiness is composed of the love of my friends and family."

"The test of a true scientific investigator is the ability to endure setback."

"These mighty forces will never be subdued by the human hand."

"What then must be done when belief and experience appear to be at variance?"

"I cannot imagine anyone being more surprised than myself at the results."

"The world in which we live is constructed according to rational laws and principles."

"I maintain that through the careful observation of nature we arrive at truth."

"To persist in trying is half the battle."

"The understanding of nature is the high calling of human kind."

"I have never allowed my schooling to interfere with my education."

"The love of nature is deeply rooted in the human heart."

"I am what I am through the grace of God."

"To understand nature, we must first learn its language."