I could trust a fact and always cross-question an assertion.
MICHAEL FARADAYSince peace is alone the gift of God, and as it is He who gives it, why should we be afraid? His unspeakable gift in His beloved Son is the ground of no doubtful hope.
More Michael Faraday Quotes
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I happen to have discovered a direct relation between magnetism and light, also electricity and light, and the field it opens is so large and I think rich.
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It is right that we should stand by and act on our principles; but not right to hold them in obstinate blindness, or retain them when proved to be erroneous.
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There is no more open door by which you can enter into the study of natural philosophy than by considering the physical phenomena of a candle.
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Nothing is too wonderful to be true, if it be consistent with the laws of nature.
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When the contrary magnetic poles were on the same side, there was an effect produced on the polarized ray, and thus magnetic force and light were proved to have relation to each other.
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The important thing is to know how to take all things quietly.
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The condition of matter I have dignified by the term Electronic, THE ELECTRONIC STATE. What do you think of that? Am I not a bold man, ignorant as I am, to coin words?
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Why, sir, there is every probability that you will soon be able to tax it! Said to William Gladstone, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he asked about the practical worth of electricity.
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There’s nothing quite as frightening as someone who knows they are right.
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Lectures which really teach will never be popular; lectures which are popular will never really teach.
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All are sure in their days except the most wise. He is the wisest philosopher who holds his theory with some doubt.
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With respect to Committees as you would perceive I am very jealous of their formation. I mean working committees. I think business is always better done by few than by many.
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I have far more confidence in the one man who works mentally and bodily at a matter than in the six who merely talk about it.
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The world little knows how many of the thoughts and theories which have passed through the mind of a scientific investigator, have been crushed in silence and secrecy by his own severe criticism and adverse examination!
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Speculations? I have none. I am resting on certainties.
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