The seeds of great discoveries are constantly floating around us, but they only take root in minds well-prepared to receive them.

The person who thought there could be any real conflict between science and religion must be either very young in science or ignorant of religion.

The Logos was divine, not the divine Being himself.

The seeds of great discoveries are constantly floating around us, but they only take root in minds well-prepared to receive them.

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the mere result of chance and temperament.

The general mental qualification necessary for scientific advancement is that which is usually denominated "common sense," though added to this, imagination, induction, and trained logic, either of common language or of mathematics, are important adjuncts.

Nothing but the infinite Pity is sufficient for the infinite pathos of human life.