I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician: he is also a child placed before natural phenomena which impress him like a fairy tale.
True scientists retain childlike wonder at the beauty of natural phenomena.
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— Unknown
Flower in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower—b…
— Tennyson
There are sermons in all the beauties and wonders of the natural world around us. There is a mighty sermon in the thunde…
— Thomas A. Edison
A room without books is like a body without a soul.
— Mark Twain
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
— Isaac Asimov
The cosmic religious experience is the strongest and the noblest driving force behind scientific research.
— Albert Einstein
