Gregor Mendel

Experiments must be repeatable, for truth lies in consistency.

The laws of heredity are as immutable as the laws of mathematics.

I have found that the numerical relations in hybrids follow a fixed pattern, like the notes in a musical scale.

God writes the laws of nature in the code of life itself.

Patience is the gardener's virtue; without it, no flower of knowledge blooms.

The hybrid's secret is in the dominance and recessiveness of traits.

In my monastery garden, I have witnessed the quiet revolution of genetics.

Science is not a solitary pursuit; it builds upon the unseen work of predecessors.

The ratio of 3:1 in hybrids is no accident, but a law of creation.

Life's diversity springs from simple rules of inheritance.

To understand the whole, one must dissect the parts with precision.

The abbot's duties call, yet the call of science is ever stronger.

Heredity is the thread that weaves the tapestry of generations.

In crossing beans and peas, I found the alphabet of biology.

Doubt is the companion of discovery; certainty follows verification.

The pollen's journey reveals the hidden laws of variation.

As a monk, I see God's hand in every hybrid form.

True knowledge comes not from haste, but from methodical observation.

The segregation of traits is like the parting of ways in a monk's contemplation.

My work on mice was abandoned, but plants proved more forgiving teachers.