Gregor Mendel — "The future will judge my work more fairly than the present."

"It requires indeed some courage to undertake a labor of such far-reaching extent."

"Thus, on the average, among four plants two have the hybrid trait Aa, one the parental trait A, and the other the parental trait a. Therefore, 2Aa+ A +a or A + 2Aa + a is the empirical simple series f…"

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

"I am convinced that it will not be long before the whole world acknowledges the results of my work."

"The value and utility of any experiment are determined by the fitness of the material to the purpose for which it is used."