I have the capacity of being more wicked than any example that man could set me.

In Science, it is when we take some interest in the great discoverers and their lives that it becomes endurable, and only when we begin to trace the development of ideas that it becomes fascinating.

I have looked into most philosophical systems and I have seen that none will work without God.

The true Logic for this world is the Calculus of Probabilities, which takes account of the magnitude of the probability.

Thoroughly conscious ignorance is the prelude to every real advance in science.

In every branch of knowledge the progress is proportional to the amount of facts on which to build, and therefore to the facility of obtaining data.

The only laws of matter are those that our minds must fabricate and the only laws of mind are fabricated for it by matter.

Faraday is, and must always remain, the father of that enlarged science of electromagnetism.

Mathematicians may flatter themselves that they possess new ideas which mere human language is as yet unable to express.

All the mathematical sciences are founded on relations between physical laws and laws of numbers.

It is of great advantage to the student of any subject to read the original memoirs on that subject, for science is always most completely assimilated when it is in the nascent state.

Ideas exist in our minds that can be accounted for by no established laws.

It is only life and love that give love and life.

I think if you'd had television cameras at Gettysburg, this would be two nations today. People would not have put up with that carnage if they saw it up close. We'd have elected McClellan in 1864.

I am, as many people are, inspired by Jack Layton's legacy and the way that he approached politics.

Fact is not truth, but a poet who wilfully defies fact cannot achieve truth.

I like that kind of thing. I like warmth and uncalled-for kindness, the small unnoticed generosities that speckle the meanness of the world.

Certain things do not effect me anymore, which is not always good. There is always commotion, but I notice that hardly anything affects me or puts me out of balance.

We are all human magnets. Our deeds, attitudes and thoughts attract in kind. Gets back with interest exactly what he sends.

Without local guides, your enemy employs the land as a weapon against you.

When our goals are clearly defined and intelligently set, you have, in essence, taken a major step toward programming your left brain. That frees your right brain to be its creative best.