What a delight it is to think that you are quietly & philosophically at work in the pursuit of science... rather than… — Michael Faraday Copy Share Image
All your names I and my friend approve of or nearly all as to sense & expression, but I am frightened by their length… — Michael Faraday Copy Share Image
It may be a weed instead of a fish that, after all my labour, I at last pull up. — Michael Faraday Copy Share Image
I ... express a wish that you may, in your generation, be fit to compare to a candle; that you may, like it, shine… — Michael Faraday Copy Share Image
All are sure in their days except the most wise ... He is the wisest philosopher who holds his theory with some doubt. — Michael Faraday Copy Share Image
Whereas, according to the declaration of that true man of the world Talleyrand, the use of language is to conceal the thoughts; this is… — Michael Faraday Copy Share Image
Since peace is alone the gift of God, and as it is He who gives it, why should we be afraid? His unspeakable gift… — Michael Faraday Copy Share Image
If the term education may be understood in so large a sense as to include all that belongs to the improvement of the mind,… — Michael Faraday Copy Share Image
I cannot conceive curved lines of force without the conditions of a physical existence in that intermediate space. — Michael Faraday Copy Share Image
“To day we made the grand experiment of burning the diamond and certainly the phenomena presented were extremely beautiful and interesting... The Duke's burning… — Michael Faraday Copy Share Image
Why will people go astray when they have this blessed Book to guide them? — Michael Faraday Copy Share Image
Magnetic lines of force convey a far better and purer idea than the phrase magnetic current or magnetic flood: it avoids the assumption of… — Michael Faraday Copy Share Image
