Joseph Priestley

Electricity is the soul of the universe.

Happiness consists in the employment of our powers.

The French Revolution is the most astonishing that has hitherto happened in the world.

A witty saying proves nothing.

The discoveries in chemistry are as numerous as they are important.

Life is too short to waste in hatred.

The universe is a grand book, written in the language of mathematics.

Political liberty is the right to do whatever does not harm others.

I have recommended myself to the protection of the Supreme Being.

Nature is but a name for an effect whose cause is God.

The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.

In science, the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs.

Freedom is the oxygen of the soul.

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

Chemistry teaches us that we are but dust and shadow.

True happiness arises from the enjoyment of innocent pleasures.

The mind is furnished with ideas by experience alone.

Revolutions are not about trifles, but spring from trifles.

A good laugh is sunshine in the house.

The soul of man is immortal and imperishable.