The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of
empirical facts by logical deduction from read more

The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of
empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of
hypotheses or axioms.

If politics is the art of the possible, research is surely the
art of the soluble. Both are immensely read more

If politics is the art of the possible, research is surely the
art of the soluble. Both are immensely practical-minded affairs.

Science is built up of facts, as a house is built of stones; but an accumulation of facts is no read more

Science is built up of facts, as a house is built of stones; but an accumulation of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is
blind.

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is
blind.

Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination.

Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination.

If it can't be expressed in figures, it is not science; it is opinion

If it can't be expressed in figures, it is not science; it is opinion

My feeling is religious insofar as I am imbued with the consciousness of the insufficiency of the human mind to read more

My feeling is religious insofar as I am imbued with the consciousness of the insufficiency of the human mind to understand more deeply the harmony of the Universe which we try to formulate as "laws of nature

There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere.

There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere.

Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of nationality

Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of nationality