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The book of nature which we have to read is written by the finger of God. — Michael Faraday

I can at any moment convert my time into money, but I do not require more of the latter than is sufficient for necessary purposes. — Michael Faraday

His [Faraday's] third great discovery is the Magnetization of Light, which I should liken to the Weisshorn among mountains-high, beautiful, and alone. — John Tyndall

I have far more confidence in the one man who works mentally and bodily at a matter than in the six who merely talk about it. — Michael Faraday

Speculations? I have none. I am resting on certainties. — Michael Faraday

Why will people go astray when they have this blessed Book to guide them? — Michael Faraday

Shall we educate ourselves in what is known, and then casting away all we have acquired, turn to ignorance for aid to guide us among the unknown? — Michael Faraday

No matter what you look at, if you look at it closely enough, you are involved in the entire universe. — Michael Faraday

Lectures which really teach will never be popular; lectures which are popular will never really teach. — Michael Faraday

A man who is certain he is right is almost sure to be wrong. — Michael Faraday

And what good is a baby? — Michael Faraday

I am no poet, but if you think for yourselves, as I proceed, the facts will form a poem in your minds. — Michael Faraday

I cannot conceive curved lines of force without the conditions of a physical existence in that intermediate space. — Michael Faraday

Nothing is too wonderful to be true if it be consistent with the laws of nature. — Michael Faraday

Chemistry is necessarily an experimental science: its conclusions are drawn from data, and its principles supported by evidence from facts. — Michael Faraday

But still try for who knows what is possible! — Michael Faraday

Water is to me, I confess, a phenomenon which continually awakens new feelings of wonder as often as I view it. — Michael Faraday

All are sure in their days except the most wise ... He is the wisest philosopher who holds his theory with some doubt. — Michael Faraday

I could trust a fact and always cross-question an assertion. — Michael Faraday

There's nothing quite as frightening as someone who knows they are right. — Michael Faraday

I shall be with Christ, and that is enough. — Michael Faraday

Nature is our kindest friend and best critic in experimental science if we only allow her intimations to fall unbiased on our minds. — Michael Faraday

Do not refer to your toy-books, and say you have seen that before. Answer me rather, if I ask you, have you understood it before? — Michael Faraday

A centre of excellence is, by definition, a place where second class people may perform first class work. — Michael Faraday

The important thing is to know how to take all things quietly. — Michael Faraday

Taking him for all and all, I think it will be conceded that Michael Faraday was the greatest experimental philosopher the world has ever seen. — John Tyndall

The lecturer should give the audience full reason to believe that all his powers have been exerted for their pleasure and instruction. — Michael Faraday

Nothing is to wonderful to be true — Michael Faraday

Nothing is ever too good to be true. — Michael Faraday

There is no more open door by which you can enter into the study of natural philosophy than by considering the physical phenomena of a candle — Michael Faraday

It may be a weed instead of a fish that, after all my labour, I at last pull up. — Michael Faraday

... though he [Michael Faraday] took no cities, he captivated all hearts. — John Tyndall