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
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 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
The important thing is to know how to take all things quietly
If you have a garden and a library you have everything you need
The unexamined life is not worth living
We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always ripe to do right
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself
Do not trust the character of one who cannot control his temper
The best means of taking revenge on a man is not to resemble that man.
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