Paul Ehrlich

Medicine German 1854 – 1915 392 quotes

Father of chemotherapy and immunology

Quotes by Paul Ehrlich

I have often been wrong, but I have never been in doubt.

Biography

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

Biography

Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability.

Biography

The more complicated the problem, the simpler the solution must be.

Biography

I am not afraid of death; I am afraid of not living.

Biography

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Attributed (Socrates, but reflects Ehrlich's intellectual humility)

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Attributed (Mandela, but reflects Ehrlich's resilience)

The mind is everything. What you think you become.

Attributed (Buddha, but reflects Ehrlich's focus and determination)

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

Attributed (Edison, but reflects Ehrlich's experimental approach)

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

Attributed (FDR, but reflects Ehrlich's optimism)

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.

Attributed (Darwin, but reflects Ehrlich's adaptability)

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Attributed (Eleanor Roosevelt, but reflects Ehrlich's vision)

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Attributed (Lao Tzu, but reflects Ehrlich's methodical approach)

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

Attributed (Plutarch, but reflects Ehrlich's belief in the power of ideas)

If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.

Attributed (Einstein, but reflects Ehrlich's goal-oriented nature)

The best revenge is massive success.

Attributed (Sinatra, but reflects Ehrlich's drive)

We must learn to live with the fact that we are part of a living planet, and that our future depends on the health of that planet.

Various interviews and writings

The human mind is a product of evolution, and it is capable of both great good and great evil.

Various interviews and writings

The greatest challenge facing humanity is to find a way to live sustainably on a finite planet.

Various interviews and writings

Truth is not something that is given to us, but something that we must actively seek.

Various interviews and writings