Science quotes and life mottos:
About Science
- “Imagination is more important than knowledge” (Albert Einstein)
- “Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school” (Albert Einstein)
- “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler” (Albert Einstein)
- “Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?” (T.S. Eliot)
- “Scientists die when they stop publishing” (CS)
- “To the Philosopher, the Physician, the Meteorologist, and the Chemist, there is perhaps no subject more attractive than that of Ozone” (Cornelius Benjamin Fox. In: Ozone and Antozone; 1873)
About life
- “The purpose of life is creation; it finds its utmost expression in the creation of a new life...” (CS)
- “It is never too late to be what you might have been” (George Eliot)
- “If something has been achieved before, even by just one person, it means it’s humanly feasible. So, do not hesitate, make it your target…” (CS)
- “If something has never been achieved before …be the first!” (CS)
- “We are the sum of our experiences” (CS)
- “We are the average of the people we choose to exchange with” (CS)
- “Nothing more temporal than the permanent…” (CS)
- “Comedy = Tragedy + Time” (Mark Twain ?)
- “The stupid speak of the past, the wise of the present, and fools of the future” (Napoleon Bonaparte)
- “The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence” (Charles Bukowski)
- “Never give a sword to a man who can’t dance” (Confucius)
- “I’ve had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened” (
- “Man is the answer, whatever the question is” (Oedipus at the Sphinx)
- “When we give someone our time, we actually give a portion of our life that we will never take back” (Alexander the Great)
- “Life has two rules: rule #1: Never quit; rule #2: Always remember the rule # 1” ( Unknown)
- “Today is the tomorrow I was worried about yesterday” (Antony Hopkins)
- On your way to Ithaca – Wish it’ll be a long Journey”; Ithaca has nothing to offer you… (C. P. Cavafy) (link)
“Auf dem Weg nach Ithaka – Ich wünschte, es wäre eine lange Reise”. Ithaka hat Ihnen nichts zu bieten… (C. P. Cavafy (link) - “Πάταξον μέν, ἄκουσον δέ” (Θεμιστοκλῆς κατά τον Πλούταρχο).
“Smite me, but (first) listen to me” (Themistocles according to Plutarch).
“Schlag mich, aber (zuerst) hör mir zu (Themistokles nach Plutarch). - “Μηδενί δίκην δικάσῃς, πρίν ἂν ἀμφοῖν μῦθον ἀκούσῃς” (Φωκυλίδηs o Μιλήσιος // Πλάτων)
“Judge nobody, unless you listen to both sides” (Fokylides from Miletus // Plato)
“Beurteile niemanden, wenn du nicht auf beide Seiten hörst” (Fokylides von Milet // Plato) - In life, “there are things you can change …and things you cannot change…” (CS)
- (You can change the world! …you cannot change your parents…)
- “Ιmmer höher musst du steigen, Ιmmer weiter musst du schauen” (Goethe)
“Climb ever-higher, stare ever-farther” (Goethe) - “I have a dream” (Martin Luther King); “I have a hope” (CS)
“Ich habe einen Traum” (Martin Luther King); “Ich habe eine Hoffnung” (CS) - More…