Pierre-Simon Laplace

"Nature has ordered all things by number, weight and measure."

"The human mind reaches its highest development in the study of nature."

"We are all passengers on a great ship of discovery."

"The most important quality in a scientist is wonder."

"The weight of evidence for an extraordinary claim must be proportioned to the strangeness of the claim itself."

"Probability theory is nothing but common sense reduced to calculation."

"I had no need of that hypothesis."

"What we know is not much. What we do not know is immense."

"The mind creates a world of possibilities before the world creates facts."

"Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns."

"All events are connected by an unbroken chain of causation."

"Man's intelligence alone without faith in universal law becomes a ship without a rudder."

"If we knew the exact position and momentum of all atoms, we could predict the future perfectly."

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing, save what the cosmos reveals."

"Progress is the child of experiment and observation united with reason."

"Time is the stage upon which all events perform their dance."

"A great mind is not one that knows all answers, but one that questions everything."

"The celestial mechanics reveal the mind of the Creator more than any scripture."

"In the mathematics of the universe, there are no coincidences, only connections we have not yet discovered."

"The present state of the universe is the effect of its past and the cause of its future."

"To understand nature is to stand in awe of its simplicity and complexity united."

"Knowledge pursued without wisdom becomes a sword in the hands of a fool."

"The errors of our youth teach us the truths of our age."

"Ambition tempered by humility creates the greatest achievements."

"The universe operates according to principles that the human mind can comprehend."

"Obstacles are opportunities for the mind to strengthen itself."

"In every question lies the seed of its answer, waiting for the proper investigation."

"The pattern of history reveals that human nature changes far less than human circumstances."

"To love deeply is to commit oneself to understanding the beloved's inner world."

"A life without curiosity is a life only half-lived."