Louis Agassiz

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

Geology, to begin with, requires the power of bolting large and disconnected facts.

I never hear the expression 'the eye of faith' without wishing it had been the 'ear of faith' instead.

The Creator has made the world in such a way that it is full of wonders.

Every scientific truth is provisional.

To study nature is to commune with the infinite.

The fossil record is the history of life written in stone.

Wonder is the basis of all science.

I am a creationist and an evolutionist.

The sea is the universal donor of life.

Patience is the key to unlocking nature's secrets.

The iceberg's tip is but a fraction of its power.

Knowledge comes from observation, not from authority.

Life's diversity is God's poetry.

The past is embedded in the present.

Curiosity is the engine of discovery.

Nature laughs at the follies of men.

The embryo is a recapitulation of history.

True education is awakening the soul.

Rocks whisper the secrets of time.