Absence Quote by Justus von Liebig

Receiving a new truth is like adding a new sense.

— Justus von Liebig

I will now direct the attention of scientists to a previously unnoticed cause which brings about the metamorphosis and decomposition phenomena which are usually…

— Justus von Liebig

The loveliest theories are being overthrown by these damned experiments; it's no fun being a chemist anymore.

— Justus von Liebig

The secret of all those who make discoveries is that they regard nothing as impossible.

— Justus von Liebig

If it is impossible to judge merit and guilt in the field of natural science, then it is not possible in any field, and…

— Justus von Liebig

What struck me most in England was the perception that only those works which have a practical tendency awake attention and command respect, while…

— Justus von Liebig

There is in the chemist a form of thought by which all ideas become visible in the mind as strains of an imagined piece…

— Justus von Liebig

Chemistry, in its application to animals and vegetables. Endeavours jointly with physiology to enlighten us respecting the mysterious processes and sources of organic life.

— Justus von Liebig

The more fodder, the more flesh; the more flesh, the more manure; the more manure, the more grain.

— Justus von Liebig

But it must not be forgotten that ... glass and porcelain were manufactured, stuffs dyed and metals separated from their ores by mere empirical…

— Justus von Liebig

A time will come, when fields will be manured with a solution of glass (silicate of potash), with the ashes of burnt straw, and…

— Justus von Liebig

A manure containing several ingredients acts in this wise: The effect of all of them in the soil accommodates itself to that one among…

— Justus von Liebig