The world little knows how many of the thoughts and theories which have passed through the mind of a scientific investigator, have been crushed in silence and secrecy by his own severe criticism and adverse examination!
MICHAEL FARADAYAll are sure in their days except the most wise. He is the wisest philosopher who holds his theory with some doubt.
More Michael Faraday Quotes
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I can at any moment convert my time into money, but I do not require more of the latter than is sufficient for necessary purposes.
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Who would not have been laughed at if he had said in 1800 that metals could be extracted from their ores by electricity or that portraits could be drawn by chemistry.
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Lectures which really teach will never be popular; lectures which are popular will never really teach.
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I could trust a fact and always cross-question an assertion.
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Nothing is ever too good to be true.
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I am no poet, but if you think for yourselves, as I proceed, the facts will form a poem in your minds.
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But I must confess I am jealous of the term atom; for though it is very easy to talk of atoms, it is very difficult to form a clear idea of their nature, especially when compounded bodies are under consideration.
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A man who is certain he is right is almost sure to be wrong.
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Work, finish, publish.
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With respect to Committees as you would perceive I am very jealous of their formation. I mean working committees. I think business is always better done by few than by many.
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Speculations? I have none. I am resting on certainties.
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But still try, for who knows what is possible?
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Nothing is too wonderful to be true, if it be consistent with the laws of nature.
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I cannot conceive curved lines of force without the conditions of a physical existence in that intermediate space.
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Tyndall, … I must remain plain Michael Faraday to the last; and let me now tell you, that if accepted the honour which the Royal Society desires to confer upon me, I would not answer for the integrity of my intellect for a single year.
MICHAEL FARADAY