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The man who interprets Nature is always held in great honor.

It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.

The principal axiom in their theory was: Everything can be proved, and everything can be disproved; and in the process, one must profit as much from the folly of others, and from his own superiority, as he can.

The establishment of a law, moreover, does not take place when the first thought of it takes form, or even when its significance is recognised, but only when it has been confirmed by the results of the experiment.

Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.

The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn when teachers themselves are taught to learn.

There is no darkness but ignorance.

Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.