Carl Linnaeus
Father of modern taxonomy and binomial nomenclature
Quotes by Carl Linnaeus
My work is not just about names, but about understanding the divine order.
The world was a library without an index until I came along.
God created, Linnaeus arranged.
The first step in wisdom is to know the things themselves; this is the philosopher's stone, for it is the key to all knowledge.
The earth's crust is a graveyard of organisms.
The more I see, the more I am convinced that everything in nature is connected.
No one is born a master.
All things are ordered and arranged by God.
The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.
Nature is the great book of God.
The human mind is a wonderful thing. It starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public.
To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.
The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.
Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it.
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Life is a journey, not a destination.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.
The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.