Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, Marie Curie… There are so many great names in the history of science, famous for their discoveries but also for unforgettable quotes.
Below are some of them:
- “He who thinks little, makes a lot of mistakes” – Leonardo da Vinci
Here is a thought-provoking quote attributed to the Italian Renaissance master of arts and sciences, Leonardo da Vinci.
2. “Fortune favors the prepared mind” – Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur, famous for developing the rabies vaccine at the end of the 19th century, agreed with Leonardo DaVinci. He, too, reminds us of the importance of thorough work in the process of scientific discovery. No ‘Eureka’ moment is reached with little preparation.
3. “All things are numbers” – Pythagoras
This brief lesson in wisdom is said to have been written in the 6th century B.C.E. It is attributed to the Greek mathematician and thinker Pythagoras. A sentence that high school students all over the world still know today.
4. “And yet it moves” – Galileo
According to historical tradition, the astronomer Galileo Galilei, persecuted by the Church for his visionary discoveries, said this sentence after he was convicted. He insisted that the Earth is neither standing still nor at the center of the universe.
5. “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results” – Albert Einstein
6. “If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants” – Isaac Newton his is a modest admission by the English scientist who lived between the 17th and 18th centuries and is famous for his theory of universal gravity. Newton also founded classical mechanics and calculus. However, as he says here, he couldn’t have done it without the achievements of his predecessors.
7. “What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make” – Jane Goodall
8. “If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration” – Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla, an American engineer of Serbian origin, famous for his contribution to the development of alternating current, perfectly summarised his scientific vision of the world here.