Science is the search for truth, that is the effort to understand the world: it involves the rejection of bias, of dogma, of revelation, but not the rejection of morality.
LINUS PAULINGI believe that there is a greater power in the world than the evil power of military force, of nuclear bombs — there is the power of good, of morality, of humanitarianism.
More Linus Pauling Quotes
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You can trace every sickness, every disease and every ailment to a mineral deficiency.
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Facts are the air of scientists. Without them you can never fly.
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Life is a relationship between molecules.
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Life is a relationship among molecules and not a property of any molecule.
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Satisfaction of one’s curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.
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The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.
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Men will gather knowledge no matter what the consequences. Science will go on whether we are pessimistic or optimistic, as I am. More interesting discoveries than we can imagine will be made, and I am awaiting them, full of curiosity and enthusiasm.
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Like thousands of other boys, I had a little chemical laboratory in our cellar and think that some of our friends thought me a bit crazy.
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There is no safe amount of radiation. Even small amounts do harm.
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Every aspect of the world today – even politics and international relations – is affected by chemistry.
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Nations keep agreements, keep their treaties so long as they continue to do them good.
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Provided one has the correct level of vitamin, mineral and nutritional input, the body can overcome disease.
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You can’t have good ideas unless you have lots of ideas.
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I think that the formation of [DNA’s] structure by Watson and Crick may turn out to be the greatest developments in the field of molecular genetics in recent years.
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Humanism is a philosophy of joyous service for the greater good of all humanity, of application of new ideas of scientific progress for the benefit of all.
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