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.
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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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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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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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, 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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Satisfaction of one’s curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.
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You can’t have good ideas unless you have lots of ideas.
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I believe all complicated phenomena can be explained by simpler scientific principles.
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Man’s great power of thinking, remembering, and communicating are responsible for the evolution of civilization.
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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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Every aspect of the world today – even politics and international relations – is affected by chemistry.
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Nations keep agreements, keep their treaties so long as they continue to do them good.
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The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.
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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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Science is the search for truth.
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