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 PAULINGDo unto others 20% better than you would expect them to do unto you, to correct for subjective error.
More Linus Pauling Quotes
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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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Do not let either the medical authorities or the politicians mislead you. Find out what the facts are, and make your own decisions about how to live a happy life and how to work for a better world.
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Every aspect of the world today – even politics and international relations – is affected by chemistry.
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Just one living cell in the human body is, more complex than New York City.
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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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The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.
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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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Man’s great power of thinking, remembering, and communicating are responsible for the evolution of civilization.
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We may say that life has borrowed from inanimate processes the same basic mechanism used in producing those striking structures that are crystals, with their beautiful plane faces.
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There is no safe amount of radiation. Even small amounts do harm.
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Satisfaction of one’s curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.
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I have always wanted to know as much as possible about the world.
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Facts are the air of scientists. Without them you can never fly.
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The only sane policy for the world is that of abolishing war.
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Everyone should know that most cancer research is largely a fraud, and that the major cancer research organizations are derelict in their duties to the people who support them.
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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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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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You can trace every sickness, every disease and every ailment to a mineral deficiency.
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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.
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Science is the search for truth – it is not a game in which one tries to beat his opponent, to do harm to others.
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But I know also that still more interesting discoveries will be made that I have not the imagination to describe – and I am awaiting them, full of curiosity and enthusiasm.
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You can’t have good ideas unless you have lots of ideas.
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Optimum nutrition is the medicine of tomorrow.
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I think every person should be able to enjoy life. Try to decide what you most enjoy doing, and then look around to see if there is a job for which you could prepare yourself that would enable you to continue having this sort of joy.
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I have something that I call my Golden Rule. It goes something like this: ‘Do unto others twenty-five percent better than you expect them to do unto you.’ The twenty-five percent is for error.
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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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