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Nevertheless,
in order to imbue civilization with sound principles and
enliven it with the spirit of the gospel, it is not enough
to be illumined with the gift of faith and enkindled with
the desire of forwarding a good cause. For this end it is
necessary to take an active part in the various
organizations and influence them from within. And since our
present age is one of outstanding scientific and technical
progress and excellence, one will not be able to enter these
organizations and work effectively from within unless he is
scientifically competent, technically capable and skilled in
the practice of his own profession.
-- Pope John XXIII
1881-1963, Italian Head of
Roman Catholic Order
One science
only will one genius fit; so vast is art, so narrow human
wit.
-- Alexander Pope
1688-1744, British Poet,
Critic, Translator
Science may be
described as the art of systematic over-simplification.
-- Karl Popper
1902-1994, Australian
Philosopher
Science is not
about control. It is about cultivating a perpetual sense of
wonder in the face of something that forever grows one step
richer and subtle than our latest theory about it. It is
about reverence, not mastery.
-- Richard Powers
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Science is
Christian, not when it condemns itself to the letter of
things, but when, in the infinitely little, it discovers as
many mysteries and as much depth and power as in the
infinitely great.
-- Edgar Quinet
1803-1875, French Poet,
Historian, Politician
When a
scientist is ahead of his times, it is often through
misunderstanding of current, rather than intuition of future
truth. In science there is never any error so gross that it
won't one day, from some perspective, appear prophetic.
-- Jean Rostand
1894-1977, French Biologist,
Writer
Nothing leads
the scientist so astray as a premature truth.
-- Jean Rostand
1894-1977, French Biologist,
Writer
A body of work
such as Pasteur's is inconceivable in our time: no man would
be given a chance to create a whole science. Nowadays a path
is scarcely opened up when the crowd begins to pour in.
-- Jean Rostand
1894-1977, French Biologist,
Writer
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