A man who is certain he is right is almost sure to be wrong
English chemist and physicist (or natural philosopher, in the terminology of the time) who contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.
Lectures which really teach will never be popular; lectures which are popular will never really teach
The book of nature which we have to read is written by the finger of God
I have far more confidence in the one man who works mentally and bodily at a matter than in the six who merely talk about it
I could trust a fact and always cross-question an assertion
A centre of excellence is, by definition, a place where second class people may perform first class work
There is no more open door by which you can enter into the study of natural philosophy than by considering the physical phenomena of a candle
Therefore, it is necessary to be a fox to discover the snares and a lion to terrify the wolves
The very essence of romance is uncertainty
That which does not kill us makes us stronger
We stopped looking for monsters under our bed when we realized that they were inside us
Be yourself; everyone else is already taken
There are no limits to what you can achieve on your journey through life, except in your mind
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