Science Quotes

"To understand the cosmos, you must understand how stars die."

"The neurochemistry of love is not fully understood."

"The universe is far larger and older than our ancestors imagined."

"Mathematics is the language of nature."

"A good scientist must also be a good communicator."

"Innovation requires both creativity and scientific rigor."

"The greatest discoveries often come from patient observation."

"Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature because in the attempt to formulate the problems of physics in terms of mathematics, we are constrained to use words of everyday language which are grouped around experiences of the middle dimensions of nature."

"The atom is pure thought; matter is derived from mind."

"All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force which brings the particles of an atom to vibration and holds this most minute solar system of the atom together."

"Science, however, has progressed just as far as it has because it has refused to explain phenomena by ascribing them to the divine will."

"If you wish to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration."

"The scientist's religious feeling takes the form of a rapturous amazement at the harmony of natural law."

"Scientific research reveals to us that there is a kind of underlying order in this universe."

"Science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking."

"Energy is matter, and matter is energy, one and the same thing."

"The atoms or elementary particles themselves are not real; they form a world of potentialities rather than of things or facts."

"The atomic researcher realizes that we are face to face with something quite foreign to everyday experience, something that cannot be described in terms of our usual concepts."

"Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood it."

"Scientific work does not just exist in isolation; it is the continuous interaction with nature."

"Where the world ceases to be the stage of our personal hopes and desires, where we face it as free human beings admiring, asking and observing, there science begins."

"All matter is energy in a relatively permanent state, just as energy is matter in motion."

"The quantum postulate implies that any observation of atomic phenomena will involve a discontinuous change in the system observed."

"The scientist's effort to understand nature is a deeply human effort."

"The elementary act of scientific discovery is not a matter of cold logic alone."

"As a man who has devoted his whole life to the most clear headed science, to the study of matter, I can tell you as a result of my research about atoms this much: There is no matter as such."

"The physicist's task is to identify the fundamental nature of reality, not merely to describe phenomena."

"The atomic theory teaches us that matter is discontinuous in character."

"The beauty of a physical law is that it applies universally and does not depend on human opinion."

"Those who are not surprised by the implications of quantum mechanics have not yet grasped its meaning."