Wisdom Quotes

"The laboratory teaches lessons that life confirms in countless ways."

"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool."

"What can be said at all can be said clearly; and whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent."

"I have always found it of paramount importance to listen carefully to what the other fellow has to say before making a reply."

"If I understand the question, I shall answer it; if I do not, I shall say so."

"Prudence is the quality of thinking before acting."

"The danger of our time is that we do not understand what is happening to us."

"The world is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose."

"We haven't got the money, so we've got to think."

"It is dangerous to believe that our understanding of natural phenomena is complete."

"Wonder is the beginning of wisdom, not its conclusion."

"A closed mind is a locked door to discovery."

"One might hope that as the universe is comprehensible, so it is also not unnecessarily complicated."

"I think one should always make a reservation in advance; that is, one should not assume that something is impossible without having taken the time to look for counter-examples."

"The truth is that it is impossible to prove that something has not happened."

"The test of an intellectual is whether he can hold two contradictory ideas and not go mad."

"One should not worry about matters one cannot change; one should focus on those one can."

"One must be willing to be wrong as a precondition for being right."

"The more you know, the more you realize how much you don't know."

"One should never assume that the conventional wisdom is the final word on any subject."

"You look at the evidence and make up your mind."

"A good scientist must be skeptical."

"A true scientist never stops questioning."

"A good scientist is never satisfied with incomplete answers."

"When you truly see the structure of something, you understand its purpose and its possibility."

"Progress in science comes from those who ask better questions, not those who are certain of their answers."

"The pursuit of understanding requires humility before nature and confidence in reason."

"One should approach science with the mind of a child and the discipline of an adult."

"The molecules tell us secrets, but only if we ask the right questions with sufficient precision."

"Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future."