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Max Planck Quotes

«All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force... We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent Mind. This Mind is the matrix of all matter.»
«Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery that we are trying to solve.»
«A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it»
«Scientific discovery and scientific knowledge have been achieved only by those who have gone in pursuit of it without any practical purpose whatsoever in view»
«No burden is so heavy for a man to bear as a succession of happy days.»
Author: Max Planck (Physicist) | Keywords: Happy Days, succession
«Anybody who has been seriously engaged is scientific work of any kind realizes that over the entrance to the gates of the temple of science are written the words: 'Ye must have faith.' It is a quality which the scientist cannot dispense with.»
«An important scientific innovation rarely makes its way by gradually winning over and converting its opponents: What does happen is that the opponents gradually die out.»
«It is not the possession of truth, but the success which attends the seeking after it, that enriches the seeker and brings happiness to him.»
Author: Max Planck (Physicist) | Keywords: attends, enriches, seeker
«We have no right to assume that any physical laws exist, or if they have existed up until now, that they will continue to exist in a similar manner in the future.»
«Ego is the immediate dictate of human consciousness.»