Ludwig Boltzmann

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

Irreversibility arises from the immense number of particles.

I laugh at the positivist philosophers who deny atoms.

The meaning of life is to find your gift; the purpose is to give it away through science.

The conservation of energy is the first law.

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration in research.

The kinetic theory explains viscosity and diffusion.

Peace comes from within; do not seek it without in academic disputes.

The world is full of wonders, but none so wonderful as the human mind.

My calculations show the stability of matter.

Humor is the great thing, the saving thing in physics debates.

The end of the universe is cold and dark, maximum entropy.

To be a scientist is to remain a student forever.

The equipartition theorem distributes energy equally.

I have no special talent; I am only passionately curious about nature.

The rejection of atomism is a sign of intellectual poverty.

Thermodynamics teaches us the limits of the possible.

The joy of discovery is the greatest reward.

Probability theory is the logic of the insufficiently determined.

My work will be vindicated by future generations.