| id,author,quote,source,category | |
| 1,Albert Einstein,Galileo - the father of modern physics - indeed of modern science.,Einstein's Essays in Science,Physics/Science | |
| 2,Albert Einstein,The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.,Attributed to Einstein in various sources,Astronomy/Philosophy | |
| 3,Albert Einstein,Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.,Attributed to Einstein in various sources,Creativity/Thinking | |
| 4,Albert Einstein,Imagination is more important than knowledge.,"Einstein to Viereck, 1929",Creativity/Education | |
| 5,Albert Einstein,Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.,"Life Magazine, 1955",Success/Values | |
| 6,Albert Einstein,There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.,"Attributed to Einstein",Philosophy/Life | |
| 7,Albert Einstein,If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.,"Attributed to Einstein",Education/Communication | |
| 8,Albert Einstein,Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.,"Attributed to Einstein",Character/Psychology | |
| 9,Albert Einstein,The important thing is not to stop questioning.,"Attributed to Einstein",Curiosity/Science | |
| 10,Albert Einstein,Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.,"Attributed to Einstein",Peace/Politics | |
| 11,Albert Einstein,Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.,"Attributed to Einstein",Altruism/Philosophy | |
| 12,Albert Einstein,Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.,"Attributed to Einstein",Education/Thinking | |
| 13,Albert Einstein,Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it is stupid.,"Attributed to Einstein",Education/Psychology | |
| 14,Albert Einstein,Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.,"Attributed to Einstein",Humor/Philosophy | |
| 15,Albert Einstein,Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.,"Science, Philosophy and Religion, A Symposium",Science/Religion | |
| 16,Albert Einstein,Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.,"Attributed to Einstein",Nature/Philosophy | |
| 17,Albert Einstein,Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.,"Attributed to Einstein",Humor/Love | |
| 18,Albert Einstein,We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.,"Attributed to Einstein",Problem Solving/Innovation | |
| 19,Albert Einstein,The only source of knowledge is experience.,"Attributed to Einstein",Knowledge/Experience | |
| 20,Albert Einstein,God does not play dice with the universe.,"Letter to Max Born",Physics/Determinism | |
| 21,Albert Einstein,Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction.,"Attributed to Einstein",Innovation/Simplicity | |
| 22,Albert Einstein,The more I learn of physics, the more I am drawn to metaphysics.,"Attributed to Einstein",Science/Metaphysics | |
| 23,Albert Einstein,Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.,"Attributed to Einstein",Value/Measurement | |
| 24,Albert Einstein,Concern for man and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavors. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams and equations.,"Attributed to Einstein",Science/Humanity | |
| 25,Albert Einstein,The only way to escape the corruptible effect of praise is to go on working.,"Attributed to Einstein",Work/Motivation | |
| 26,Isaac Newton,If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.,Letter to Robert Hooke, 1676,Science/Humility | |
| 27,Isaac Newton,I frame no hypotheses; for whatever is not deduced from the phenomena is to be called a hypothesis.,Principia Mathematica,Scientific Method/Physics | |
| 28,Isaac Newton,Atheism is so senseless.,Theological Manuscripts,Religion/Philosophy | |
| 29,Isaac Newton,Truth is the offspring of silence and meditation.,Attributed to Newton,Philosophy/Reflection | |
| 30,Isaac Newton,Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.,Principia Mathematica preface,Science/Human Error | |
| 31,Isaac Newton,To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age.,Opticks,Science/Human Limits | |
| 32,Isaac Newton,We build too many walls and not enough bridges.,Attributed to Newton,Peace/Communication | |
| 33,Isaac Newton,I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.,Attributed to Newton,Astronomy/Human Nature | |
| 34,Isaac Newton,What we know is a drop, what we don't know is an ocean.,Attributed to Newton,Knowledge/Ignorance | |
| 35,Isaac Newton,Plato is my friend, Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth.,Attributed to Newton,Philosophy/Truth | |
| 36,Isaac Newton,Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy.,"Attributed to Newton",Science/Simplicity | |
| 37,Isaac Newton,To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.,"Attributed to Newton",Humility/Science | |
| 38,Isaac Newton,If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention, than to any other talent.,"Attributed to Newton",Science/Perseverance | |
| 39,Isaac Newton,A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true.,"Attributed to Newton",Philosophy/Understanding | |
| 40,Isaac Newton,I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.,"Attributed to Newton",Humility/Discovery | |
| 41,Isaac Newton,If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought.,"Attributed to Newton",Science/Patience | |
| 42,Isaac Newton,Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.,"Attributed to Newton",Communication/Diplomacy | |
| 43,Isaac Newton,No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.,"Attributed to Newton",Science/Innovation | |
| 44,Isaac Newton,God created everything by number, weight and measure.,"Attributed to Newton",Science/Philosophy | |
| 45,Isaac Newton,The instinct of brutes and insects can be the effect of nothing else than the wisdom and skill of a powerful ever-living agent.,"Attributed to Newton",Science/Nature | |
| 46,Isaac Newton,In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God's existence.,"Attributed to Newton",Religion/Science | |
| 47,Isaac Newton,All my discoveries have been made in answer to prayer.,"Attributed to Newton",Science/Spirituality | |
| 48,Isaac Newton,To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.,"Principia Mathematica",Physics/Law of Motion | |
| 49,Isaac Newton,An object that is at rest will tend to remain at rest; an object that is in motion will tend to remain in motion.,"Attributed to Newton",Physics/Inertia | |
| 50,Isaac Newton,If I have made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention than to any other talent.,"Attributed to Newton",Science/Attention | |
| 51,Galileo Galilei,All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.,Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems,Science/Discovery | |
| 52,Galileo Galilei,The Milky Way is nothing else but a mass of innumerable stars planted together in clusters.,Sidereus Nuncius,Astronomy/Observation | |
| 53,Galileo Galilei,I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.,Attributed to Galileo in various sources,Learning/Humility | |
| 54,Galileo Galilei,Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe.,The Assayer,Math/Philosophy | |
| 55,Galileo Galilei,In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.,"Il Saggiatore (The Assayer)",Science/Individual Thought | |
| 56,Galileo Galilei,Doubt is the father of invention.,"Attributed to Galileo",Innovation/Skepticism | |
| 57,Galileo Galilei,The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.,"Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina",Science/Religion | |
| 58,Galileo Galilei,Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so.,"Attributed to Galileo",Science/Measurement | |
| 59,Galileo Galilei,I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.,"Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina",Science/Reason | |
| 60,Galileo Galilei,To understand the Universe, one must transcend the human.,"Attributed to Galileo",Philosophy/Science | |
| 61,Galileo Galilei,It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.,"Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina",Science/Religion | |
| 62,Galileo Galilei,We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.,"Attributed to Galileo",Education/Discovery | |
| 63,Galileo Galilei,Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.,"The Assayer",Philosophy/Science | |
| 64,Galileo Galilei,I have sought the truth by means of science; to those who have said, 'Do not go beyond what is written', I have answered, 'But science is written by the hand of God.',"Attributed to Galileo",Science/Religion | |
| 65,Galileo Galilei,It is not by the authority of written words, but by the light of the mind that we perceive the truth.,"Attributed to Galileo",Science/Reason | |
| 66,Galileo Galilei,Nature is relentless and unchangeable, and it is indifferent as to whether its hidden reasons and actions are understandable to man or not.,"Attributed to Galileo",Philosophy/Science | |
| 67,Galileo Galilei,Who would dare assert that we know all there is to be known?,Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems,Science/Ignorance | |
| 68,Galileo Galilei,In the long run, my observations have convinced me that some men, some fishes, and some trees are born with a love of truth.,"Attributed to Galileo",Philosophy/Nature | |
| 69,Galileo Galilei,The universe is written in mathematical language, and its characters are triangles, circles, and other geometric figures.,"The Assayer",Math/Science | |
| 70,Galileo Galilei,By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.,"Attributed to Galileo",Science/Paradox | |
| 71,Galileo Galilei,It seems to me that it would be foolish to persist in asserting that which is proved false.,"Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina",Science/Truth | |
| 72,Galileo Galilei,Science brings men nearer to God.,"Attributed to Galileo",Science/Religion | |
| 73,Galileo Galilei,What we know is a drop, what we don't know is an ocean... but the ocean is worth exploring.,"Attributed to Galileo",Science/Curiosity | |
| 74,Galileo Galilei,The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.,"Attributed to Galileo",Science/Philosophy | |
| 75,Galileo Galilei,If the sun is the center of the universe, then man is not the center of everything.,"Attributed to Galileo",Astronomy/Philosophy | |
| 76,Robert Oppenheimer,Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.,From the Bhagavad Gita, cited after the Trinity test,Nuclear Physics/Philosophy | |
| 77,Robert Oppenheimer,In some sort of crude sense which no vulgarity, no humor, no overstatement can quite extinguish, the physicists have known sin; and this is a knowledge which they cannot lose.,"Physics in the Contemporary World",Physics/Morality | |
| 78,Robert Oppenheimer,The atomic bomb made the prospect of future war unendurable. It has led us up those last few steps to the mountain pass; and beyond there is a different country.,"Atomic Energy as an International Problem",Nuclear Physics/Peace | |
| 79,Robert Oppenheimer,There are no secrets about the world of nature. There are secrets about the thoughts and intentions of men.,"Interview with Edward R. Murrow",Science/Human Nature | |
| 80,Robert Oppenheimer,We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent.,"Documentary on the Manhattan Project",Nuclear Physics/Human Reaction | |
| 81,Robert Oppenheimer,Science is not everything, but science is very beautiful.,"Quoted in various sources",Science/Beauty | |
| 82,Robert Oppenheimer,Access to the Vedas is the greatest privilege this century may claim over all previous centuries.,"Quoted in various sources",Science/Philosophy | |
| 83,Robert Oppenheimer,The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true.,"Quoted in various sources",Philosophy/Optimism | |
| 84,Robert Oppenheimer,Both the man of science and the man of action live always at the edge of mystery, surrounded by it.,"Quoted in various sources",Science/Mystery | |
| 85,Robert Oppenheimer,Curiosity is the spark that ignites the flame of knowledge, but responsibility is the fuel that keeps it burning.,"Quoted in various sources",Science/Responsibility | |
| 86,Robert Oppenheimer,No man should escape our universities without knowing how little he knows.,"Quoted in various sources",Education/Humility | |
| 87,Nikola Tesla,If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.,"Attributed to Tesla",Physics/Philosophy | |
| 88,Nikola Tesla,I don't care that they stole my idea... I care that they don't have any of their own.,"Attributed to Tesla",Innovation/Originality | |
| 89,Nikola Tesla,The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.,"Attributed to Tesla",Science/Thinking | |
| 90,Nikola Tesla,Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born.,"Attributed to Tesla",Innovation/Solitude | |
| 91,Nikola Tesla,Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more.,"Attributed to Tesla",Philosophy/Human Nature | |
| 92,Nikola Tesla,My brain is only a receiver, in the Universe there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength and inspiration.,"Attributed to Tesla",Science/Inspiration | |
| 93,Nikola Tesla,The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.,"Attributed to Tesla",Innovation/Future | |
| 94,Nikola Tesla,Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine.,"Attributed to Tesla",Innovation/Legacy | |
| 95,Nikola Tesla,The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence.,"Attributed to Tesla",Science/Non-Physical | |
| 96,Nikola Tesla,Electric power is everywhere present in unlimited quantities and can drive the world's machinery without the need of coal, oil, gas, or any other of the common fuels.,"Attributed to Tesla",Energy/Environment | |
| 97,Nikola Tesla,Of all things, I liked books best.,"My Inventions",Personal Interests | |
| 98,Nikola Tesla,We crave for new sensations but soon become indifferent to them. The wonders of yesterday are today common occurrences.,"Attributed to Tesla",Human Nature/Technology | |
| 99,Nikola Tesla,The spread of civilization may be likened to a fire; first, a feeble spark, next a flickering flame, then a mighty blaze, ever increasing in speed and power.,"Attributed to Tesla",Civilization/Progress | |
| 100,Nikola Tesla,The feeling is constantly growing on me that I had been the first to hear the greeting of one planet to another.,"My Inventions",Science/Communication | |
| 101,Nikola Tesla,There is no energy in matter other than that received from the environment.,"Attributed to Tesla",Physics/Environment | |
| 102,Nikola Tesla,Though free to think and act, we are held together, like the stars in the firmament, with ties inseparable.,"Attributed to Tesla",Philosophy/Interconnectedness | |
| 103,Nikola Tesla,The individual is ephemeral, races and nations come and pass away, but man remains.,"Attributed to Tesla",Philosophy/Humanity | |
| 104,Nikola Tesla,Science is but an image of the truth.,"Attributed to Tesla",Science/Truth | |
| 105,Nikola Tesla,The human being is a self-propelled automaton entirely under the control of external influences. Willful and predetermined though they appear, his actions are governed not from within, but from without.,"Attributed to Tesla",Philosophy/Human Behavior | |
| 106,Nikola Tesla,One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.,"Attributed to Tesla",Science/Thought | |
| 107,Nikola Tesla,The desire that guides me in all I do is the desire to harness the forces of nature to the service of mankind.,"Attributed to Tesla",Innovation/Humanity | |
| 108,Nikola Tesla,What one man calls God, another calls the laws of physics.,"Attributed to Tesla",Science/Spirituality | |
| 109,Nikola Tesla,The scientists from Franklin to Morse were clear thinkers and did not produce erroneous theories. The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly.,"Attributed to Tesla",Science/Clarity | |
| 110,Niels Bohr,When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty. Only about how to solve the problem.,"Interview with Life Magazine",Problem-Solving | |
| 111,Michael Faraday,The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence.,"Diary Entry",Curiosity |