--- title: "91 Claude Bernard Quotes - Famous Physician writer (Antonio Lopez-Garcia)" description: "Claude Bernard quotes on curiosity, mistakes, and the role of dose in science." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b056/author-claude-bernard-7455.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b056/author-claude-bernard-7455.jpg) # Claude Bernard (1813–1878) Physician Writer **91** quotes in **438** categories Claude Bernard says science needs curiosity more than just facts. He reminds us that wrong ideas can still lead to discoveries, and that even a tiny amount of a substance can be harmful or helpful. He also believes a researcher should trust the process but keep an open mind. Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Claude Bernard was a physician writer, best known for *Antonio Lopez-Garcia*. ## Quick Facts About Claude Bernard Born July 12, 1813 Died February 10, 1878 Profession Physician Writer Notable works Antonio Lopez-Garcia ## About Claude Bernard Claude Bernard was a French physiologist. I. Bernard Cohen of Harvard University called Bernard "one of the greatest of all men of science". He originated the term milieu intérieur and the associated concept of homeostasis. ## Quotes by Claude Bernard > [Experiment is fundamentally only induced observation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-bernard/experiment-is-fundamentally-only-induced-observation/) [Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-bernard/) [Experiment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/experiment/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/171/claude-bernard-7455_experiment_experiment-is-fundamentally-only-induced_2422695.png) > [The terrain is everything; the germ is nothing,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-bernard/the-terrain-is-everything-the-germ-is-nothing/) [Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-bernard/) [Funny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/funny/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e6/claude-bernard-7455_funny_the-terrain-is-everything-the-germ-is-no_997134.png) > [Science does not permit exceptions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-bernard/science-does-not-permit-exceptions/) [Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-bernard/) [Exceptions](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/exceptions/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/238/claude-bernard-7455_exceptions_science-does-not-permit-exceptions-12891_1289149.png) > [Hatred is the most clear- sighted, next to genius…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-bernard/hatred-is-the-most-clear-sighted-next-to-genius/) [Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-bernard/) [Clear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/clear/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7d/claude-bernard-7455_clear_hatred-is-the-most-clear-sighted-next-to_2879788.png) > [Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-bernard/mediocre-men-often-have-the-most-acquired-knowledge/) [Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-bernard/) [Knowledge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knowledge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/977/claude-bernard-7455_knowledge_mediocre-men-often-have-the-most-acquire_2444412.png) > [Science rejects the indeterminate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-bernard/science-rejects-the-indeterminate/) [Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-bernard/) [Rejects](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rejects/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a0/claude-bernard-7455_rejects_science-rejects-the-indeterminate-190383_1903839.png) > [Art is 'I'; science is 'we'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-bernard/art-is-i-science-is-we/) [Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-bernard/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91b/claude-bernard-7455_art_art-is-i-science-is-we-1507793_1507793.png) > [Feeling alone guides the mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-bernard/feeling-alone-guides-the-mind/) [Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-bernard/) [Feeling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feeling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f0/claude-bernard-7455_feeling_feeling-alone-guides-the-mind-1906332_1906332.png) > [True science teaches us to doubt and, in ignorance, to refrain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-bernard/true-science-teaches-us-to-doubt-and-in-ignorance-to-refrain/) [Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-bernard/) [Doubt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doubt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91c/claude-bernard-7455_doubt_true-science-teaches-us-to-doubt-and-in_2244989.png) > [The experimenter who does not know what he is looking for will not understand what he finds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-bernard/the-experimenter-who-does-not-know-what-he-is-looking-for-will-not/) [Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-bernard/) [Learning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/learning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd5/claude-bernard-7455_learning_the-experimenter-who-does-not-know-what_2218520.png) > [We achieve more than we know. We know more than we understand. We understand more than we can explain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-bernard/we-achieve-more-than-we-know-we-know-more-than-we-understand-we/) [Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-bernard/) [Achieve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/achieve/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/622/claude-bernard-7455_achieve_we-achieve-more-than-we-know-we-know-mor_1841598.png) > [ Priestley \[said\] that each discovery we make shows us many others that should be made. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-bernard/priestley-said-that-each-discovery-we-make-shows-us-many-others-that/) [Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-bernard/) [Discovery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/discovery/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08f/claude-bernard-7455_discovery_priestley-said-that-each-discovery-we-ma_2585627.jpg) > [Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-bernard/observation-is-a-passive-science-experimentation-an-active-science/) [Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-bernard/) [Active](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/active/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bd/claude-bernard-7455_active_observation-is-a-passive-science-experim_2082744.png) > [The minds that rise and become really great are never self-satisfied, but still continue to strive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-bernard/the-minds-that-rise-and-become-really-great-are-never-self-satisfied/) [Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-bernard/) [Mind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mind/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/178/claude-bernard-7455_mind_the-minds-that-rise-and-become-really-gr_1011381.png) > [We must alter theory to adapt it to nature, but not nature to adapt it to theory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-bernard/we-must-alter-theory-to-adapt-it-to-nature-but-not-nature-to-adapt-it/) [Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-bernard/) [Funny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/funny/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83d/claude-bernard-7455_funny_we-must-alter-theory-to-adapt-it-to-natu_3034079.png) > [It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-bernard/it-is-what-we-know-already-that-often-prevents-us-from-learning/) [Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-bernard/) [Education](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/education/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b08/claude-bernard-7455_education_it-is-what-we-know-already-that-often-pr_315060.png) > [Men who believe too firmly in their theories, do not believe enough in the theories of others. So ... these despisers of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-bernard/men-who-believe-too-firmly-in-their-theories-do-not-believe-enough-in/) [Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-bernard/) [Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72f/claude-bernard-7455_believe_men-who-believe-too-firmly-in-their-theo_771336.jpg) > [Tout est poison, rien n'est poison, tout est une question de dose. Everything is poisonous, nothing is poisonous, it is all a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-bernard/tout-est-poison-rien-n-est-poison-tout-est-une-question-de-dose/) [Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-bernard/) [Dose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dose/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/640/claude-bernard-7455_dose_tout-est-poison-rien-n-est-poison-tout-e_204844.png) > [A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to it, or for the proof which it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-bernard/a-fact-in-itself-is-nothing-it-is-valuable-only-for-the-idea-attached/) [Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-bernard/) [Fact](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fact/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ba/claude-bernard-7455_fact_a-fact-in-itself-is-nothing-it-is-valuab_297232.png) > [The better educated we are and the more acquired information we have, the better prepared shall we find our minds for making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-bernard/the-better-educated-we-are-and-the-more-acquired-information-we-have/) [Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-bernard/) [Acquisition](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acquisition/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87e/claude-bernard-7455_acquisition_the-better-educated-we-are-and-the-more_2664545.png) > [Put off your imagination, as you put off your overcoat, when you enter the laboratory. Put it on again, as you put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-bernard/put-off-your-imagination-as-you-put-off-your-overcoat-when-you-enter/) [Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-bernard/) [Imagination](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/imagination/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3b/claude-bernard-7455_imagination_put-off-your-imagination-as-you-put-off_446760.png) > [Our ideas are only intellectual instruments which we use to break into phenomena; we must change them when they have served their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-bernard/our-ideas-are-only-intellectual-instruments-which-we-use-to-break/) [Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-bernard/) [Blunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blunt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba9/claude-bernard-7455_blunt_our-ideas-are-only-intellectual-instrume_3047143.png) > [The science of life is a superb and dazzlingly lighted hall which may be reached only by passing through a long and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-bernard/the-science-of-life-is-a-superb-and-dazzlingly-lighted-hall-which-may/) [Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-bernard/) [Ghastly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ghastly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45b/claude-bernard-7455_ghastly_the-science-of-life-is-a-superb-and-dazz_2185036.png) > [All the vital mechanisms, varied as they are, have only one object, that of preserving constant the conditions of life in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-bernard/all-the-vital-mechanisms-varied-as-they-are-have-only-one-object-that/) [Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-bernard/) [Conditions](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conditions/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab7/claude-bernard-7455_conditions_all-the-vital-mechanisms-varied-as-they_2331298.png) > [Men who have excessive faith in their theories or ideas are not only ill prepared for making discoveries; they also make very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-bernard/men-who-have-excessive-faith-in-their-theories-or-ideas-are-not-only/) [Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-bernard/) [Aim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/405/claude-bernard-7455_aim_men-who-have-excessive-faith-in-their-th_808088.png) > [In these researches I followed the principles of the experimental method that we have established, i.e., that, in presence of a well-noted,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-bernard/in-these-researches-i-followed-the-principles-of-the-experimental/) [Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-bernard/) [Facts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/facts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b26/claude-bernard-7455_facts_in-these-researches-i-followed-the-princ_2930453.jpg) > [In teaching man, experimental science results in lessening his pride more and more by proving to him every day that primary causes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-bernard/in-teaching-man-experimental-science-results-in-lessening-his-pride/) [Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-bernard/) [Causes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/causes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/605/claude-bernard-7455_causes_in-teaching-man-experimental-science-res_1509256.png) > [The constancy of the internal environment is the condition for free and independent life: the mechanism that makes it possible is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-bernard/the-constancy-of-the-internal-environment-is-the-condition-for-free/) [Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-bernard/) [Assured](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/assured/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a6/claude-bernard-7455_assured_the-constancy-of-the-internal-environmen_2842430.png) > [With the aid of these active experimental sciences man becomes an inventor of phenomena, a real foreman of creation; and under this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-bernard/with-the-aid-of-these-active-experimental-sciences-man-becomes-an/) [Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-bernard/) [Active](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/active/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e37/claude-bernard-7455_active_with-the-aid-of-these-active-experimenta_481370.jpg) > [Ardent desire for knowledge, in fact, is the one motive attracting and supporting investigators in their efforts; and just this knowledge, really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-bernard/ardent-desire-for-knowledge-in-fact-is-the-one-motive-attracting-and/) [Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-bernard/) [Ardent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ardent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a13/claude-bernard-7455_ardent_ardent-desire-for-knowledge-in-fact-is-t_64169.png) > [In the patient who succumbed, the cause of death was evidently something which was not found in the patient who recovered; this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-bernard/in-the-patient-who-succumbed-the-cause-of-death-was-evidently/) [Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-bernard/) [Causes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/causes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b04/claude-bernard-7455_causes_in-the-patient-who-succumbed-the-cause-o_1461873.png) > [Descriptive anatomy is to physiology what geography is to history, and just as it is not enough to know the typography of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-bernard/descriptive-anatomy-is-to-physiology-what-geography-is-to-history-and/) [Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-bernard/) [Anatomy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anatomy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b02/claude-bernard-7455_anatomy_descriptive-anatomy-is-to-physiology-wha_32320.jpg) > [When a physician is called to a patient, he should decide on the diagnosis, then the prognosis, and then the treatment. ...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-bernard/when-a-physician-is-called-to-a-patient-he-should-decide-on-the/) [Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-bernard/) [Accounts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accounts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/761/claude-bernard-7455_accounts_when-a-physician-is-called-to-a-patient_1268545.png) > [Even mistaken hypotheses and theories are of use in leading to discoveries. This remark is true in all the sciences. The alchemists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-bernard/even-mistaken-hypotheses-and-theories-are-of-use-in-leading-to-2/) [Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-bernard/) [Able](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/able/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ca/claude-bernard-7455_able_even-mistaken-hypotheses-and-theories-ar_528084.png) > [I do not ... reject the use of statistics in medicine, but I condemn not trying to get beyond them and believing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-bernard/i-do-not-reject-the-use-of-statistics-in-medicine-but-i-condemn-not/) [Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-bernard/) [Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d9/claude-bernard-7455_believe_i-do-not-reject-the-use-of-statistics-in_1882908.jpg) > [To be worthy of the name, an experimenter must be at once theorist and practitioner. While he must completely master the art…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-bernard/to-be-worthy-of-the-name-an-experimenter-must-be-at-once-theorist-and/) [Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-bernard/) [Able](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/able/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1d/claude-bernard-7455_able_to-be-worthy-of-the-name-an-experimenter_797938.png) > [Laplace considers astronomy a science of observation, because we can only observe the movements of the planets; we cannot reach them, indeed,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-bernard/laplace-considers-astronomy-a-science-of-observation-because-we-can/) [Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-bernard/) [Astronomy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astronomy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ce/claude-bernard-7455_astronomy_laplace-considers-astronomy-a-science-of_2833379.jpg) > [As soon as the circumstances of an experiment are well known, we stop gathering statistics. ... 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