The Important Thing Is To Know How

What A Weak, Credulous, Incredulous, Unbelieving, Superstitious, Bold, Frightened, What A Ridiculous World Ours Is, As Far As Concerns The Mind Of Man. How Full Of Inconsistencies, Contradictions And Absurdities It Is. I Declare That Taking The Average Of Many Minds That Have Recently Come Before Me ... I Should Prefer The Obedience, Affections And Instinct Of A Dog Before It.

A Man Who Is Certain He Is Right Is Almost Sure To Be Wrong.

A Man In Twenty-four Hours Converts As Much As Seven Ounces Of Carbon Into Carbonic Acid; A Milch Cow Will Convert Seventy Ounces, And A Horse Seventy-nine Ounces, Solely By The Act Of Respiration. That Is, The Horse In Twenty-four Hours Burns Seventy-nine Ounces Of Charcoal, Or Carbon, In His Organs Of Respiration To Supply His Natural Warmth In That Time ..., Not In A Free State, But In A State Of Combination.

All Are Sure In Their Days Except The Most Wise ... He Is The Wisest Philosopher Who Holds His Theory With Some Doubt.

Tyndall, ... I Must Remain Plain Michael Faraday To The Last; And Let Me Now Tell You, That If Accepted The Honour Which The Royal Society Desires To Confer Upon Me, I Would Not Answer For The Integrity Of My Intellect For A Single Year.