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> [There can never be any real opposition between religion and science; for the one is the complement of the other. Every serious and reflective person realizes, I think, that the religious element in his nature must be recognized and cultivated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-planck/there-can-never-be-any-real-opposition-between-religion-and-science/)

[Max Planck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-planck/)

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> [There can never be any real opposition between religion and science; for the one is the complement of the other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-planck/there-can-never-be-any-real-opposition-between-religion-and-science-2/)

[Max Planck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-planck/)

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## More by Max Planck

> [The entire world we apprehend through our senses is no more than a tiny fragment in the vastness of Nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-planck/the-entire-world-we-apprehend-through-our-senses-is-no-more-than-a/)

[Max Planck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-planck/)

> [I regard consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as derivative from consciousness. We cannot get behind consciousness. Everything that we talk about, everything that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-planck/i-regard-consciousness-as-fundamental-i-regard-matter-as-derivative/)

[Max Planck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-planck/)

> [It was not by accident that the greatest thinkers of all ages were deeply religious souls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-planck/it-was-not-by-accident-that-the-greatest-thinkers-of-all-ages-were/)

[Max Planck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-planck/)

> [As a man who has devoted his whole life to the most clear headed science, to the study of matter, I can tell you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-planck/as-a-man-who-has-devoted-his-whole-life-to-the-most-clear-headed/)

[Max Planck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-planck/)

> [“All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force which brings the particle of an atom to vibration and holds this most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-planck/all-matter-originates-and-exists-only-by-virtue-of-a-force-which/)

[Max Planck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-planck/)

> [The Theory of Relativity confers an absolute meaning on a magnitude which in classical theory has only a relative significance: the velocity of light.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-planck/the-theory-of-relativity-confers-an-absolute-meaning-on-a-magnitude/)

[Max Planck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-planck/)

> [Experimenters are the shock troops of science.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-planck/experimenters-are-the-shock-troops-of-science/)

[Max Planck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-planck/)

> [An experiment is a question which science poses to Nature and a measurement is the recording of Nature's answer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-planck/an-experiment-is-a-question-which-science-poses-to-nature-and-a/)

[Max Planck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-planck/)

> [Scientific work will never stop, and it would be terrible if it did. If there were no more problems, you would put your hands…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-planck/scientific-work-will-never-stop-and-it-would-be-terrible-if-it-did-if/)

[Max Planck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-planck/)

> [We cannot rest and sit down lest we rust and decay. Health is maintained only through work. And as it is with all life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-planck/we-cannot-rest-and-sit-down-lest-we-rust-and-decay-health-is/)

[Max Planck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-planck/)

> [Science advances one funeral at a time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-planck/science-advances-one-funeral-at-a-time/)

[Max Planck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-planck/)

> [There can never be any real opposition between religion and science; for the one is the complement of the other. Every serious and reflective…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-planck/there-can-never-be-any-real-opposition-between-religion-and-science/)

[Max Planck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-planck/)

> [The assumption of an absolute determinism is the essential foundation of every scientific enquiry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-planck/the-assumption-of-an-absolute-determinism-is-the-essential-foundation/)

[Max Planck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-planck/)

> [Science enhances the moral value of life, because it furthers a love of truth and reverence-love of truth displaying itself in the constant endeavor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-planck/science-enhances-the-moral-value-of-life-because-it-furthers-a-love/)

[Max Planck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-planck/)

> [Every advance in knowledge brings us face to face with the mystery of our own being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-planck/every-advance-in-knowledge-brings-us-face-to-face-with-the-mystery-of/)

[Max Planck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-planck/)

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