One does not ask of one who suffers: What is your country and what is your religion? One merely says: You suffer, that is enough for me.
Louis PasteurTo bring one's self to believe in a truth that has just dawned upon one is the first step towards progress; to persuade others is the second.
Louis PasteurScience knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence.
Louis Pasteur