Science is the search for truth – it is not a game in which one tries to beat his opponent, to do harm to others.
LINUS PAULINGThere is no safe amount of radiation. Even small amounts do harm.
More Linus Pauling Quotes
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The only sane policy for the world is that of abolishing war.
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The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.
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Satisfaction of one’s curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.
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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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Optimum nutrition is the medicine of tomorrow.
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Man’s great power of thinking, remembering, and communicating are responsible for the evolution of civilization.
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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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You can’t have good ideas unless you have lots of ideas.
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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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In teaching, you do not want to COVER things, you want to UNCOVER them. The best way to get good ideas is to have lots of ideas.
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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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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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Do unto others 20% better than you would expect them to do unto you, to correct for subjective error.
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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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