Man’s great power of thinking, remembering, and communicating are responsible for the evolution of civilization.
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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Just one living cell in the human body is, more complex than New York City.
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Life is a relationship among molecules and not a property of any molecule.
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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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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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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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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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Science is the search for truth.
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You can’t have good ideas unless you have lots of ideas.
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Every aspect of the world today – even politics and international relations – is affected by chemistry.
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Satisfaction of one’s curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.
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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.
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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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You can trace every sickness, every disease and every ailment to a mineral deficiency.
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Everyone should know that the ‘war on cancer’ is largely a fraud.
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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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