Life Quotes

The big one. What it means, how to live it, and why it's worth the effort.

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"Each element has its place in the grand order, as each person has theirs."
Amedeo Avogadro
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"The law that governs atoms may also govern the human heart."
Amedeo Avogadro
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"The law of proportion governs not just molecules but the proportions of a life well-lived."
Amedeo Avogadro
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"The life well-lived is measured not in years but in moments of truth."
Michael Faraday
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"The greatest experiment is life itself."
Michael Faraday
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"Life is the greatest mystery and the greatest gift."
Michael Faraday
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"A life devoted to science is a life devoted to truth."
Joseph Gay-Lussac
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"Nature abhors a vacuum, and so do human hearts."
Jacques Charles
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"We are all particles suspended in the grand dance of matter and energy."
Jacques Charles
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"The mind that questions never truly ages."
Jacques Charles
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"The atmosphere connects us to every living thing that has ever breathed."
Jacques Charles
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"Chemical transformation mirrors the transformations of the human soul."
Jöns Jacob Berzelius
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"In the chemistry of life, small reactions often produce the greatest transformations."
Jöns Jacob Berzelius
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"The behavior of gases taught me that order underlies all apparent chaos."
Amedeo Avogadro
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"A man who does not question the world around him is merely existing, not living."
Jacques Charles
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"Life without purpose is like a ship without a rudder."
Dmitri Mendeleev
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"To live is to learn; to learn is to grow."
Friedrich Wöhler
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"Life teaches those willing to learn."
Friedrich Wöhler
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"Life is a series of experiments; we must conduct them wisely."
Friedrich Wöhler
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"The human spirit is most alive when engaged in discovery."
Friedrich Wöhler
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"Life is a chemical reaction that leads to consciousness."
Antoine Lavoisier
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"Life is but a sleep disturbed by dreams."
Antoine Lavoisier
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"To live well is to understand the nature of the universe."
Robert Boyle
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"To live without curiosity is to live without purpose."
Robert Boyle
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"To live well is to understand one's place in the natural order."
Robert Boyle
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"To live without wonder is to live without truly living."
Robert Boyle
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"To live fully is to pursue knowledge with the intensity of love."
August Kekulé
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"To be human is to seek, to question, to wonder, and to dream."
August Kekulé
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"In science, as in life, the journey is often more valuable than the destination."
Friedrich Wöhler
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"The student of chemistry becomes a student of nature, and through her, of life itself."
Friedrich Wöhler