Science Quotes

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"The earth floats freely in space, held by no force but the balance of all forces."
Anaximander
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"To study nature is to study the mind of creation itself."
Anaximander
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"In the rotation of the cosmos, we find both order and disorder in perfect measure."
Anaximander
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"The atoms and void alone truly exist."
Democritus
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"By convention there is color, by convention sweetness, by convention bitterness; in reality there are atoms and void."
Democritus
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"Matter is infinite, eternal and immutable."
Democritus
D
"I would rather discover one natural cause than become the King of Persia."
Democritus
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"When we breathe, we take in the very essence of the universe itself."
Anaximenes
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"In the void between stars floats the substance of all creation."
Anaximenes
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"The observer changes what is observed through the act of observation."
Anaximenes
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"The greatest discovery is that the observer and observed are one."
Anaximenes
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"Never can these things be such that fire alone shall make them, or water alone, or air, or earth"
Empedocles
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"The ear is the passage of sound"
Empedocles
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"The eye perceives through fire"
Empedocles
E
"The universe speaks in the language of mathematics"
Empedocles
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"Investigate the nature of all things."
Parmenides
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"Those who wish to understand nature must first understand themselves."
Empedocles
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"Science is the pursuit of truth through evidence."
Frankie Boyle
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"Observe the heavens and you will find that the universe speaks in geometric truths."
Anaximander
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"The sun is not Apollo's chariot, but a wheel of fire that harnesses cosmic energy."
Anaximander
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"To understand motion is to understand the nature of being itself."
Anaximander
A
"The boundless cannot be measured, yet its effects can be observed in all measurable things."
Anaximander
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"The universe is a book written in the language of mathematics and motion."
Anaximander
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"The laws of nature are written in the language of mathematics."
Democritus
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"The man who understands the nature of atoms understands the universe."
Democritus
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"Science unlocks the mysteries that faith can only contemplate."
Euripides
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"Science reveals how; philosophy asks why."
Euripides
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"Science is the study of nature's secrets and our responsibility to use that knowledge wisely."
Frankie Boyle
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"In the assembly of atoms lies the secret of all becoming."
Empedocles
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"The universe writes its laws not in words but in the behavior of its elements."
Empedocles