Imagination should give wings to our thoughts but we always need decisive experimental proof, and when the moment comes to draw conclusions and to interpret the gathered observations, imagination must be checked and documented by the factual results of the… — Louis Pasteur Copy Share Image
There are no such things as applied sciences, only applications of science. — Louis Pasteur Copy Share
Nothing is lost and nothing is created in the operations of art as those of nature. — Louis Pasteur Copy Share
Whether our efforts are, or not, favored by life, let us be able to say, when we come near to the great goal, I… — Louis Pasteur Copy Share
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… — Louis Pasteur Copy Share
Posterity will one day laugh at the sublime foolishness of the modern materialistic philosophy. The more I study nature, the more I stand amazed… — Louis Pasteur Copy Share
If science has no country, the scientist should have one, and ascribe to it the influence which his works may have in this world. — Louis Pasteur Copy Share
The universe is asymmetric and I am persuaded that life, as it is known to us, is a direct result of the asymmetry of… — Louis Pasteur Copy Share
Did you ever observe to whom the accidents happen? Chance favors only the prepared mind. — Louis Pasteur Copy Share
Science proceeds by successive answers to questions more and more subtle, coming nearer and nearer to the very essence of phenomena. — Louis Pasteur Copy Share
In matters of observation chance favors only the prepared mind. (not literal translation) - Dan's les champs de observation le hasard ne favorise que… — Louis Pasteur Copy Share
Time is the best appraiser of scientific work, and I am aware that an industrial discovery rarely produces all its fruit in the hands… — Louis Pasteur Copy Share
Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. — Louis Pasteur Copy Share
