Humphry Davy

Chemistry English 1778 – 1829 344 quotes

Discovered multiple elements via electrolysis

Quotes by Humphry Davy

Nature is a book, and the language of that book is mathematics.

Consolations in Travel, or The Last Days of a Philosopher

The universe is a vast and complex machine, and we are but a small part of it.

Consolations in Travel, or The Last Days of a Philosopher

The greatest of all mysteries is the mystery of life itself.

Consolations in Travel, or The Last Days of a Philosopher

The true measure of a man is not what he has, but what he is.

Consolations in Travel, or The Last Days of a Philosopher

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.

Consolations in Travel, or The Last Days of a Philosopher

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Consolations in Travel, or The Last Days of a Philosopher

The unexamined life is not worth living.

Consolations in Travel, or The Last Days of a Philosopher

The greatest good is the knowledge of truth.

Consolations in Travel, or The Last Days of a Philosopher

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

Consolations in Travel, or The Last Days of a Philosopher

The mind is everything. What you think you become.

Consolations in Travel, or The Last Days of a Philosopher

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

Consolations in Travel, or The Last Days of a Philosopher

The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.

Consolations in Travel, or The Last Days of a Philosopher

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

Consolations in Travel, or The Last Days of a Philosopher

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

Consolations in Travel, or The Last Days of a Philosopher

If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough.

Consolations in Travel, or The Last Days of a Philosopher

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.

Consolations in Travel, or The Last Days of a Philosopher

If you set your goals ridiculously high and it's a failure, you will fail above everyone else's success.

Consolations in Travel, or The Last Days of a Philosopher

The power of imagination makes us infinite.

Consolations in Travel, or The Last Days of a Philosopher

I have been so much engaged in chemical pursuits, that I have had little time for anything else.

Letter to Davies Giddy 1800

My dear friend, I have at last succeeded in decomposing the fixed alkalies.

Letter to John George Children 1807