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 PAULINGHumanism 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.
More Linus Pauling Quotes
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No evidence compels the conclusion that the minimum required intake of any vitamin comes close to the optimum intake that sustains good health.
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The only sane policy for the world is that of abolishing war.
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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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The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.
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I believe all complicated phenomena can be explained by simpler scientific principles.
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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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I try to identify myself with the atoms. I ask what I would do If I were a carbon atom or a sodium atom.
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Optimum nutrition is the medicine of tomorrow.
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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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I have always wanted to know as much as possible about the world.
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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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There is no safe amount of radiation. Even small amounts do harm.
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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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Science is the search for truth.
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Man’s great power of thinking, remembering, and communicating are responsible for the evolution of civilization.
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