Michael Faraday
Discovered electromagnetic induction and electrolysis laws
Most quoted
"The world little knows how many of the thoughts and theories which have passed through the mind of a scientific investigator have been crushed in silence and secrecy by his own severe criticism and negative examination; that in the most seemingly arrogant, the most regular and self-sustained investigator, the most patient and laborious inquirer, there is often a feeling of powerlessness and despair."
— from On the Various Forces of Nature, 1849
"I am no longer my own, but thine. Put me to what thou wilt, rank me with whom thou wilt. Put me to doing, put me to suffering. Let me be employed for thee or laid aside for thee, exalted for thee or brought low for thee. Let me be full, let me be empty. Let me have all things, let me have nothing. I freely and heartily yield all things to thy pleasure and disposal."
— from Personal prayer/meditation
"I will simply express my strong belief, that that point of self-education which consists in teaching the mind to resist its desires and inclinations, until they are proved to be right, is the most important of all, not only in things of natural philosophy, but in every department of daily life."
— from Lecture on Mental Education, 1854
All quotes by Michael Faraday (646)
I am ever at work.
The atmosphere is a great laboratory.
The end of my labors has come.
The principles of chemistry are the principles of nature.
I have found the key to the magneto-electric current.
Life's purpose is to seek knowledge.
The spark is the visible sign of electricity.
My experiments are my life.
The universe is governed by laws.
Discovery is seeing what everybody else has seen, and thinking what nobody else has thought.
The chemical action is definite.
I thank God for the opportunities.
The field lines are closed curves.
The mind must be disciplined.
Electricity passes through all bodies.
The beauty of the rainbow is in its physics.
I am a child of the laboratory.
The laws of induction are universal.
Persevere in your work.
The magneto-optical effect is real.
Contemporaries of Michael Faraday
Other Physicss born within 50 years of Michael Faraday (1791–1867).