I 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.
LINUS PAULINGLike 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.
More Linus Pauling Quotes
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I have always wanted to know as much as possible about the world.
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The power to destroy the world by the use of nuclear weapons is a power that cannot be used – we cannot accept the idea of such monstrous immorality.
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If you want to have good ideas you must have many ideas. Most of them will be wrong, and what you have to learn is which ones to throw away.
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The only sane policy for the world is that of abolishing war.
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Every aspect of the world today – even politics and international relations – is affected by chemistry.
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Science is the search for truth.
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Facts are the air of scientists. Without them you can never fly.
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You can’t have good ideas unless you have lots of ideas.
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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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Only when I began studying chemical engineering at Oregon Agricultural College did I realize that I myself might discover something new about the nature of the world.
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Just one living cell in the human body is, more complex than New York City.
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Do unto others 20% better than you would expect them to do unto you, to correct for subjective error.
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By the proper intakes of vitamins and other nutrients and by following a few other healthful practices from youth or middle age on, you can, I believe, extend your life and years of well-being by twenty-five or even thirty-five years.
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You can trace every sickness, every disease and every ailment to a mineral deficiency.
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