Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science.

It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning.

The experimenter who does not know what he is looking for will not understand what he finds.

When we meet a fact which contradicts a prevailing theory, we must accept the fact and abandon the theory, even when the theory is supported by great names and generally accepted.

Man can learn nothing unless he proceeds from the known to the unknown.

The terrain is everything; the germ is nothing.

Art is 'I'; science is 'we'.

A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to it, or for the proof which it furnishes.

Those who do not know the torment of the unknown cannot have the joy of discovery.

Science increases our power in proportion as it lowers our pride.

All the vital mechanisms, varied as they are, have only one object, that of preserving constant the conditions of life in the internal environment.

Leaving your religion and having to invent your own system of values is a big deal, after all.

You've earned the right to grow. You're going to have to carry the water yourself.

Don't be afraid of making decisions.

Her father sagged as relief spread through him. “I thought something awful was happening.” She frowned. “Something awful was happening. It could have got stuck in my hair.

I feel like I haven't done anything. What have I done? I've just made a few records.

The gospel of grace is not the license to sin. On the contrary, it is the power for them to sin no more!

I have to go out there and show scouts and GMs and coaches just what I can do: Run as fast as I can and try to show them I have great hands and good technique where I can be on the line blocking.

I definitely love horror movies and all that for sure.

Some folklorists just collected dead bones from one graveyard, only to bury them in another, their library.

Enjoyment stops where indolence begins.