Humphry Davy

The only way to escape the corruptible effect of praise is to go on working.

The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.

The universe is a grand book which cannot be understood unless one first learns to comprehend the language and interpret the characters in which it is written.

The highest form of knowledge is empathy.

The only true voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.

To be or not to be, that is the question.

The very essence of our being is to be in motion, to be in flux, to be in a constant state of becoming.

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

The greatest tragedy in life is not death, but what we let die inside of us while we live.

The most important of all discoveries are those which relate to the general laws of nature, and which are applicable to a great variety of phenomena.

To inquire into the causes of things is the business of the philosopher.

The true method of discovery is like the flight of an eagle, not like the creeping of a worm.

Science is a power, and like all powers, may be applied to evil as well as good.

The progress of science is not a straight line, but a zigzag.

The greatest discoveries are often made by accident, but they are never made by accident to those who are not prepared to receive them.

The more we know, the more we discover our ignorance.

The chemical elements are not immutable, but are capable of being changed into each other.

Oxygen is not the universal acidifying principle.

Chlorine is an elementary substance.