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Well-observed facts, though brought to light by passing theories, will never die; they are the material on which alone the house of science will at last be built.

Claude Bernard

The mental never influences the physical. It is always the physical that modifies the mental, and when we think that the mind is diseased, it is always an illusion.
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Illusion Influence Mental Mindset Thinking
Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge.
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Anand Thakur
Feeling alone guides the mind.
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Alone Feeling Guide Mindset
It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning.
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Deep Knowledge Learning Ourselves Prevent
Put off your imagination, as you put off your overcoat, when you enter the laboratory. Put it on again, as you put on your overcoat, when you leave.
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Imagination Leaving Science Yourself
Man can learn nothing unless he proceeds from the known to the unknown.
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Learning Man Unknown
Particular facts are never scientific; only generalization can establish science.
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Establishment Fact General Science
Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge. It is in the darker. It is in the darker regions of science that great men are recognized; they are marked by ideas which light up phenomena hitherto obscure and carry science forward.
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Average Darkness Greatness Knowledge Man Recognition Science
All the vital mechanisms, varied as they are, have only one object, that of preserving constant the conditions of life in the internal environment.
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Condition Environment Object Oneself Preserve
Those who do not know the torment of the unknown cannot have the joy of discovery.
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Discover Hard Time Joy Struggle
Science does not permit exceptions.
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Exception One Liner Science
Now, a living organism is nothing but a wonderful machine endowed with the most marvellous properties and set going by means of the most complex and delicate mechanism.
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Delicate Live Mechanism Organism Property Wonderful
If I had to define life in a single phrase, I should clearly express my thought of throwing into relief one characteristic which, in my opinion, sharply differentiates biological science. I should say: life is creation.
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Character Clear Creation Expression Life Science
The investigator should have a robust faith – and yet not believe.
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Believe Faith Investigate
Obervation is a passive science, experimentation is an active science.
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Active Experiment Observation Passive Science
Everything is poisonous, nothing is poisonous, it is all a matter of dose.
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Amount Poison Portion

Well-observed facts, though brought to light by passing theories, will never die; they are the material on which alone the house of science will at last be built.

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