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.
MICHAEL FARADAYBut still try, for who knows what is possible?
More Michael Faraday Quotes
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A centre of excellence is, by definition, a place where second class people may perform first class work.
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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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I shall be with Christ, and that is enough.
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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.
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But still try, for who knows what is possible?
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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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Nothing is too wonderful to be true, if it be consistent with the laws of nature.
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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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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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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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I could trust a fact and always cross-question an assertion.
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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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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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Who would not have been laughed at if he had said in 1800 that metals could be extracted from their ores by electricity or that portraits could be drawn by chemistry.
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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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