Robert Boyle

Chemist and Physicist Irish 1627 – 1691

Formulated Boyle's Law of gas pressure and volume.

389 quotes

"To appreciate beauty, one must first understand truth."
Beauty
"Nature is never unjust; it simply is what it is."
Nature
"The man who knows himself knows the universe."
"To learn is to become; to teach is to grow."
Education
"Every phenomenon in nature is a problem waiting to be solved."
Science
"The pursuit of happiness is the pursuit of understanding."
Happiness
"We are not masters of nature, but students of her ways."
Wisdom
"What we create in our minds becomes manifest in the world."
Creativity
"The foundation of all peace is justice."
Peace
"To understand history is to understand human nature."
History
"Nature rewards the curious and punishes the careless."
Nature
"The greatest journey is the journey inward."
Solitude
"To live with integrity is to live in harmony with oneself."
Truth
"The mind has no limits save those we impose upon it."
Imagination
"What science reveals is not the mystery of nature, but deeper mysteries still."
Science
"The pursuit of knowledge is the pursuit of immortality."
Knowledge
"To be truly free is to understand necessity."
Freedom
"Nature speaks in the language of cause and effect."
Science
"The man of wisdom is the man of many questions."
Wisdom
"To love truth is to hate deception in all its forms."
Truth
"The natural world is a mirror in which we see ourselves."
Nature
"What we observe depends largely upon what we look for."
Philosophy
"The pursuit of virtue is the pursuit of happiness."
Happiness
"To understand the laws of nature is to understand the mind of the Creator."
Faith
"The greatest strength lies in knowing our own weakness."
Strength
"Nature never wastes effort; every action serves a purpose."
Nature
"To live without wonder is to live without truly living."
Life
"The advancement of human knowledge is the advancement of human freedom."
Freedom
"What we become is determined by what we learn and how we apply it."
Education