Louis Pasteur
Germ theory, pasteurization
Modern
influential
62 sayings
Sayings by Louis Pasteur
The greatest derangement of the mind is to believe in something because one wishes it to be so.
1880
— Lecture at the French Academy of Sciences
General
Confirmed
The Greeks understood the mysterious power of the hidden side of things. They bequeathed to us one of the most beautiful words in our language—the word 'enthusiasm'—en theos—a god within.
1878
— Lecture at the French Academy of Sciences
Religious
Unverifiable