Philosophy Quotes

Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.

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"The atoms of our bodies have been recycled through stars and stones - we are cosmic children."
Amedeo Avogadro
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"Science is the conversation between human curiosity and nature's silent truths."
Amedeo Avogadro
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"The study of chemistry teaches us that order and harmony underlie apparent chaos."
Gilbert Lewis
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"The investigation of matter is the investigation of existence itself."
Gilbert Lewis
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"The complexity of chemistry emerges from the simplicity of a few basic principles."
Gilbert Lewis
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"Chemical structure determines chemical behavior; form and function are eternally linked."
Gilbert Lewis
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"The structure of the atom mirrors the structure of the cosmos in scale and symmetry."
Gilbert Lewis
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"The electron is both wave and particle, neither and both, a mystery that deepens our humility."
Gilbert Lewis
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"To doubt is to think; to think is to progress."
Jacques Charles
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"If you wish to become a philosopher, learn to ask pertinent questions."
Dmitri Mendeleev
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"Philosophy teaches us to question everything."
Dmitri Mendeleev
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"Every element has its place in the periodic table of life."
Dmitri Mendeleev
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"I believe in the power of human reason and scientific inquiry."
Friedrich Wöhler
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"I believe in the power of systematic inquiry."
Friedrich Wöhler
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"I believe that understanding leads to progress."
Friedrich Wöhler
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"I believe the elements are eternal."
Antoine Lavoisier
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"Philosophy is the love of wisdom."
Antoine Lavoisier
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"We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the product of several."
Robert Boyle
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"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions."
Robert Boyle
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"What we fail to question, we fail to understand."
Robert Boyle
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"What we believe shapes what we observe."
Robert Boyle
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"The universe is a vast mechanism, but one governed by reason."
Robert Boyle
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"What we observe depends largely upon what we look for."
Robert Boyle
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"The study of atoms teaches humility before the grandeur of creation."
John Dalton
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"The structure of matter reveals the hand of creation itself."
August Kekulé
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"The chain of atoms is the thread connecting all creation."
August Kekulé
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"Every discovery is a dialogue between the scientist and nature."
August Kekulé
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"To doubt is to think; to cease doubting is to cease thinking."
August Kekulé
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"The atoms that compose us are stardust, and thus we are children of the cosmos."
August Kekulé
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"The universe operates on principles we are only beginning to understand."
Gilbert Lewis