"For myself, faith begins with a realization that……" — Arthur Compton
"For myself, faith begins with a realization that a supreme intelligence brought the universe into being and created man. It is not difficult for me to have this faith, for it is incontrovertible that where there is a plan there is intelligence--an orderly, unfolding universe testifies to the truth of the most majestic statement ever uttered--'In the beginning God.'"
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Arthur Compton
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11 Quotes by Arthur Compton
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The scientist who recognizes God knows only the God of Newton. To him the God imagined by Laplace and Comte…
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It is primarily through the growth of science and technology that man has acquired those attributes which distinguish him from…
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Typical of the fundamental scientific problems whose solution should lead to important industrial consequences are, for example, the release of…
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Science can have no quarrel with a religion which postulates a God to whom men are His children.
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Yet is it possible in terms of the motion of atoms to explain how men can invent an electric motor,…
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Faith gives the courage to live and do. Scientists, with their disciplined thinking, like others, need a basis for the…
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The story is told of Lord Kelvin, a famous Scotch physicist of the last century, that after he had given…
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If co-operation, is thus the lifeblood of science and technology, it is similarly vital to society as a whole.
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To make the moral achievement implicit in science a source of strength to civilization, the scientist will have to have…
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The benefits of science are not only material ones. The truths that science teaches are of common interest the world…
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