Science Quotes

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"The greatest discoveries often come from asking the simplest questions."
Jean d'Alembert
"Science and faith need not be enemies if pursued with integrity."
Moses Mendelssohn
"Science is humanity's attempt to understand God's language."
Moses Mendelssohn
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"Science is the systematic study of nature; it reveals the laws by which we must govern our lives."
Claude Adrien Helvetius
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"Mathematics is the study of relationships between quantities, qualities, and operations."
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
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"The universe speaks in the language of mechanics and motion."
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
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"The motion of planets and the fall of stones obey the same principles."
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
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"In the study of nature, we must be both humble and bold."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"The universe is written in the language of mathematics."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"God created, Linnaeus organized."
Carl Linnaeus
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"Observation is the compass of the scientist."
Carl Linnaeus
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"To catalog nature is to read the language of creation."
Carl Linnaeus
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"In taxonomy lies the poetry of science."
Carl Linnaeus
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"Precision and passion must walk together in science."
Carl Linnaeus
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"The scientist is a servant of nature's secrets."
Carl Linnaeus
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"Precision in naming brings precision in understanding."
Carl Linnaeus
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"Nature's order is mathematics expressed in flesh and form."
Carl Linnaeus
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"The universe operates by natural laws, not divine intervention; seek these laws and be free."
Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
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"The universe cares nothing for your prayers; it responds to your actions."
Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
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"What is called supernatural is merely the natural not yet understood."
Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
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"The sciences have been greatly improved and corrected; but I am not sure they have become better."
Jean d'Alembert
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"The pursuit of science is the pursuit of truth."
Jean d'Alembert
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"Science seeks to explain the inexplicable."
Jean d'Alembert
"We understand nothing without first perceiving it through our bodily faculties."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"The greatest discoveries come from asking simple questions about common sensations."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"Science progresses by distinguishing between the sensation we experience and the reality it represents."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"The true physics is that which will, when grasped by the method of mathematics, describe the simple aspects of nature so that the law is of universal application."
Émilie du Châtelet
"The universe is governed by laws that can be understood through reason and observation."
Émilie du Châtelet
"The beauty of mathematics lies in its universal applicability."
Émilie du Châtelet
"I am convinced that the universe operates according to rational laws."
Émilie du Châtelet