Robert Boyle

I have often observed, that the greatest discoveries have been made by accident.

The works of God are so many, and so various, that they cannot be comprehended by any finite understanding.

I am not so much concerned to know what others have thought, as what is true.

The study of nature is a most delightful and profitable employment.

I have always been of opinion, that the best way to learn is to teach.

The more we know, the more we are sensible of our ignorance.

I am not one of those who think that the world is governed by chance.

The true philosopher is he who loves truth for truth's sake.

I have always esteemed it a great happiness to be able to contribute anything to the advancement of knowledge.

The works of nature are so many, and so various, that they cannot be comprehended by any finite understanding.

I am apt to agree with those who maintain that the study of nature is the best way to know God.

The phenomena of nature are to be studied not for their own sake, but for the sake of the Creator.

Chemistry is nothing but the art of making visible the wonders of God's creation.

Mechanical affections are so various and complicate that it is almost impossible to enumerate them.

The gospel is the best philosophy.

Nature is the temple of God, and the study thereof is the worship of Him.

I look upon a stout, thick, compact body of earth as the best of all.

The air is not simply elastic, but compressible in all its dimensions.

True knowledge is not attained by the intellect alone, but by the harmony of faith and reason.

In experimental philosophy, we are to look upon the world as a complicated machine.