25 Powerful Quotes From Scientists That Are Truly Thought-Provoking
Posted by Theodorus II, Updated on November 11, 2022
Our planet has been home to countless billions of people throughout time. However, few have managed to leave their mark or contribute to the role and place of humanity more than scientists with their discoveries, inventions, and revolutionary thinking. Much of these people’s impact can be noted in their brilliant and powerful quotes. Our quest as a species has been and continues to ultimately be twofold: to find out who we are as individuals (self-discovery) and what our station is in the grand scheme of the natural world and the cosmic. For some, this may include a search for a higher power. On the other hand, others seek to understand the intricacies of nature and the cosmos.
Some of the people who have “changed the world” have been so inspirational and influential on human thought and humankind’s progress that many actively seek their nuggets of wisdom via powerful quotes. In fact, their quotations alone have been enough to inspire others to change their lives for the better. From Socrates and Aristotle to Albert Einstein and Carl Sagan, these are 25 Powerful Quotes From Scientists That Are Truly Thought-Provoking.
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"Progress is made by trial and failure; the failures are generally a hundred times more numerous than the successes; yet they are usually left unchronicled." —William Ramsay
"Actually, everything that can be known has a number; for it is impossible to grasp anything with the mind or to recognize it without this." —Philolaus
"Scientific discovery and scientific knowledge have been achieved only by those who have gone in pursuit of it without any practical purpose whatsoever in view." —Max Planck
"Science is the acceptance of what works and the rejection of what does not. That needs more courage than we might think." —Jacob Bronowski
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge." —Albert Einstein
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"Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion." —Democritus, stated 2,500 years ago, when scientifically pretty much everything was just a hypothesis.
"It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if you described a Beethoven symphony as a variation of wave pressure." ―Albert Einstein
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"By 'life,' we mean a thing that can nourish itself and grow and decay." —Aristotle
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"True courage is knowing what not to fear." —Plato