Passion is the genesis of genius.
Eppur si muove.
In the sciences, the authority of thousands of opinions is not worth as much as one tiny spark of reason in an individual man.
In time you may discover everything that can be discovered, and still your progress will only be progress away from humanity. The distance between you and them can one day become so great that your joyous cry over some new gain could be answered by an universal shriek of horror.
Man kann einen Menschen nichts lehren. Man kann ihm nur helfen, es in sich selbst zu finden!
To our natural and human reason, I say that these terms ‘large,’ ‘small,’ ‘immense,’ ‘minute,’ etc. are not absolute but relative; the same thing in comparison with various others may be called at one time ‘immense’ and at another ’imperceptible.