When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments; tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become.
La fortuna juega a favor de una mente preparada.
There is a time in every man’s life when he looks to his God, when he looks at his life, when he wonders how he will be remembered.
The more I study nature, the more I stand amazed at the work of the Creator. Science brings men nearer to God.
Live in the serene peace of laboratories and libraries.
Nothing is lost and nothing is created in the operations of art as those of nature.
In good philosophy, the word cause ought to be reserved to the single Divine impulse that has formed the universe.
It is surmounting difficulties that makes heroes.
My strength lies solely in my tenacity.
A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.
These three things-work, will, success-fill human existences. Will opens the door to success, both brilliant and happy. Work passes these doors, and at the end of the journey success comes in to crown one’s efforts.
The greatest disorder of the mind is to let will direct it.
The flavor of wine is like delicate poetry.
Could I but know all, I would have the faith of a Breton peasant woman.
Science belongs to no one country.
There are no such things as applied sciences, only applications of science.
Did you ever observe to whom the accidents happen? Chance favors only the prepared mind.
Inspiration is the impact of a fact on a well-prepared mind.
God grant that by my persevering labours I may bring a little stone to the frail and ill-assured edifice of our knowledge of those deep mysteries of Life and Death where all our intellects have so lamentably failed.
The grandeur of the acts of men are measured by the inspiration from which they spring.