Science Quotes
Discovery, wonder, and the relentless pursuit of understanding how the world works.
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"The collision of atoms gives birth to all phenomena."Leucippus
"All motion in the universe is without cause or beginning."Leucippus
"Necessity governs all motion; chance is merely our ignorance."Leucippus
"All worlds are formed by the same eternal principles."Leucippus
"Atoms swerve and combine according to mechanical necessity."Leucippus
"The microscopic and macroscopic worlds obey identical laws."Leucippus
"All phenomena can be reduced to the motion of atoms."Leucippus
"To study atoms is to read the history of the universe."Leucippus
"Atoms move through the void not by purpose but by necessity."Leucippus
"The collision of atoms is the only true cause."Leucippus
"In studying the nature of atoms, we study the nature of God."Leucippus
"The scientist who questions everything is nearest to the truth."Pindar
"Science is the poetry of those who seek truth in measurement"Sappho
"Just as the human soul, being air, holds us together, so do air and breath encompass the entire cosmos."Anaximenes
"All living creatures depend upon air; therefore air is the primary element."Anaximenes
"The weight of air, though invisible, sustains all life upon the earth."Anaximenes
"The scientist who abandons wonder in pursuit of certainty has lost the way."Anaximenes
"The advancement of human knowledge requires the courage to question established beliefs."Herodotus
"The universe operates by laws that exist independent of human perception."Xenophanes
"All things are bound by invisible threads of cause and effect."Xenophanes
"Scientific inquiry is the noblest pursuit of the human mind."Xenophanes
"Science seeks to explain the mysteries that poetry seeks to celebrate."Pindar
"Everything has a natural explanation; the moon is not a god."Anaxagoras
"The infinitely small is as infinite as the infinitely great."Anaxagoras
"The sun is not divine, but a burning mass of stone."Anaxagoras
"Natural phenomena follow natural laws, not supernatural caprice."Anaxagoras
"All substances are present in all bodies."Anaxagoras
"To understand the heavens is to understand the earth."Anaxagoras
"The smallest substance contains traces of all others."Anaxagoras
"The cosmos is rational and therefore knowable."Anaxagoras