Gregor Mendel

My scientific studies have afforded me great satisfaction; and I am convinced that it will not be long before the whole world acknowledges the results of my work.

The pea hybrids form eggs and pollen cells which, in their constitution, represent in equal numbers all constant forms resulting from the combination of traits united through fertilization.

I have been treated as a heretic in my own time, but truth will prevail.

Nature loves simplicity and unity.

The development of every living thing is based on a preordained plan.

If I were to live a hundred years, I would not have enough time to test all the possible combinations.

The laws of inheritance are mathematical in nature.

I have found more pleasure in counting peas than in counting coins.

The traits of parents do not blend in their offspring but remain distinct.

The Creator has arranged the world in such a way that nothing is left to chance.

I am neither a botanist nor a physicist, but a humble servant of God who seeks to understand His laws.

The numerical ratios I have observed cannot be dismissed as mere coincidence.

The monastery garden is my laboratory, and the pea plants are my teachers.

I have sown many seeds, but only a few have borne fruit.

The laws of heredity are as fixed as the stars in the heavens.

If my work is ignored now, it will be recognized when the time is right.

The pea does not lie.

I measure, I count, I compare—this is the way of science.

The traits of living things are governed by unseen laws.

I have spent more time with peas than with people.