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Water is to me, I confess, a phenomenon which continually awakens new feelings of wonder as often as I view it.

Michael Faraday

Why will people go astray when they have this blessed Book to guide them?
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Blessing Book Guide People
The lecturer should give the audience full reason to believe that all his powers have been exerted for their pleasure and instruction.
MICHAEL FARADAY

Believe Power Reason Teaching
Nature is our kindest friend and best critic in experimental science if we only allow her intimations to fall unbiased on our minds.
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Fall Friendship Kindness Mindset Nature Ourselves
The book of nature which we have to read is written by the finger of God.
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Book Fingers God Nature Reading Writing
I am no poet, but if you think for yourselves, as I proceed, the facts will form a poem in your minds.
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Mindset Myself Poem Poet Poetry Thinking Yourself
Lectures which really teach will never be popular; lectures which are popular will never really teach.
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Deep Education Fame Reality Teaching Wisdom
Nothing is ever too good to be true.
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Goodness One Liner True
When I came to know Mrs. Marcet personally; how often I cast my thoughts backward, delighting to connect the past and the present; how often, when sending a paper to her as a thank you offering, I thought of my first instructress.
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Connection Myself Past Teaching Thankful
Speculations? I have none. I am resting on certainties.
MICHAEL FARADAY

Belief Myself Science Theory
I can at any moment convert my time into money, but I do not require more of the latter than is sufficient for necessary purposes.
MICHAEL FARADAY

Funny Moments Money Necessary Purpose Time
Tyndall, … I must remain plain Michael Faraday to the last; and let me now tell you, that if accepted the honour which the Royal Society desires to confer upon me, I would not answer for the integrity of my intellect for a single year.
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Acceptance Integrity Intellectual Science
Nothing is too wonderful to be true, if it be consistent with the laws of nature.
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Law Nature Science Truth Wonderful
In place of practising wholesome self-abnegation, we ever make the wish the father to the thought: we receive as friendly that which agrees with, we resist with dislike that which opposes us; whereas the very reverse is required by every dictate of common sense.
MICHAEL FARADAY

Father Friendship Place Science Thinking
But I must confess I am jealous of the term atom; for though it is very easy to talk of atoms, it is very difficult to form a clear idea of their nature, especially when compounded bodies are under consideration.
MICHAEL FARADAY

Difficult Ideas Jealous Myself Nature Science
I am busy just now again on Electro-Magnetism and think I have got hold of a good thing but can’t say; it may be a weed instead of a fish that after all my labour I may at last pull up.
MICHAEL FARADAY

Goodness Hard Work Myself Science Thinking
But still try, for who knows what is possible?
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Inspirational Possible Try
It is on record that when a young aspirant asked Faraday the secret of his success as a scientific investigator, he replied, ‘The secret is comprised in three words- Work, Finish, Publish.’
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Hard Work Science Secret Success Word Work Young
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.
MICHAEL FARADAY

Light Myself Relationship Rich Science Thinking
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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Body Confidence Man Mental Myself Talk
I cannot conceive curved lines of force without the conditions of a physical existence in that intermediate space.
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Existence Force Myself Space
The philosopher should be a man willing to listen to every suggestion,but determined to judge for himself.He should not be a respector of persons,but of things.Truth should be his primary object.
MICHAEL FARADAY

Education Himself Judgement Men Person Philosophy Respect
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.
MICHAEL FARADAY

Acts Ourselves Principle Right
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?
MICHAEL FARADAY

Ignorance Men Myself Thinking Word
All are sure in their days except the most wise. He is the wisest philosopher who holds his theory with some doubt.
MICHAEL FARADAY

Doubt Exception Himself Philosophy Theory Wisdom
Since 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.
MICHAEL FARADAY

Afraid Alone Belief Doubt Gift God Hope Peace
Magnetic lines of force convey a far better and purer idea than the phrase magnetic current or magnetic flood: it avoids the assumption of a current or of two currents and also of fluids or a fluid, yet conveys a full and useful pictorial idea to the mind.
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Avoid Force Ideas Mindset Science
Physicist is both to my mouth and ears so awkward that I think I shall never use it. The equivalent of three separate sounds of “I” in one word is too much.
MICHAEL FARADAY

Myself Science Sound Thinking

Water is to me, I confess, a phenomenon which continually awakens new feelings of wonder as often as I view it.

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