It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on
the human mind it has overcome man's read more

It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on
the human mind it has overcome man's insecurity before himself
and before nature.

While bright-eyed science watches round.

While bright-eyed science watches round.

I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a read more

I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician: he is also a child placed before natural phenomena which impress him like a fairy tale.

We must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualities... still bears in his read more

We must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualities... still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom which is control.

Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom which is control.

One science only will one genius fit,
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

One science only will one genius fit,
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike read more

One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike - and yet it is the most precious thing we have

The scientific theory I like the best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline baggage.

The scientific theory I like the best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline baggage.