It would seem to me that I was committing a theft if I were to let one day go by without doing… — Louis Pasteur Copy Share Image
If you suppress laboratories, physical science will be stricken with barrenness and death. — Louis Pasteur Copy Share Image
If science has no country, the scientist should have one, and ascribe to it the influence which his works may have in… — Louis Pasteur Copy Share Image
Where are the real sources of human dignity, freedom and modern democracy, if not in the concept of infinity to which all… — Louis Pasteur Copy Share Image
If perchance you should falter during the journey, a hand would be there to support you. If that should be wanting, God,… — Louis Pasteur Copy Share Image
It is a matter of fact; I approached without a preconceived idea, too ready to declare, if the experiment had imposed upon… — Louis Pasteur Copy Share Image
We affirm the neutrality of Science ... Science is of no country. ... But if Science has no country, the scientist must… — Louis Pasteur Copy Share Image
If it is a terrifying thought that life is at the mercy of the multiplication of these minute bodies [microbes], it is… — Louis Pasteur Copy Share Image
Worship the spirit of criticism. If reduced to itself it is not an awakener of ideas or a stimulant to great things,… — Louis Pasteur Copy Share Image
The universe is an asymmetrical entity. I am inclined to believe that life as it is manifested to us must be a… — Louis Pasteur Copy Share Image
Preconceived ideas are like searchlights which illumine the path of the experimenter and serve him as a guide to interrogate nature. They… — 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