Arthur C. Clarke Quotes

Science is the ultimate tool to reveal the laws of nature, and the one word written on its banner is Truth.

Every science has for its basis a system of principles as fixed and unalterable as those by which the universe is regulated and governed. Man cannot make principles; he can only discover them.

With no specific procedure, man arrived at sweeping conclusions about the universe that have proven to be true.

Science shows us truth and beauty and fills each day with a fresh wonder of the exquisite order which governs our world.

One of the reasons I've gotten so attached to talking to scientists is that... they know there is a reality.

Science, in the broadest sense, includes all reasonable claims to knowledge about ourselves and the world.

I'm very interested in science.

What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know what's going on.

In nature, when you conduct science, it is the natural world that is the ultimate decider in what is true and what is not.

Science moves with the spirit of an adventure characterized both by youthful arrogance and by the belief that the truth, once found, would be simple as well as pretty.

The great tragedy of Science --- the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact

Every great scientific truth goes through three states: first, people say it conflicts with the Bible; next, they say it has been discovered before; lastly, they say they always believed it.

It must be for truth's sake, and not for the sake of its usefulness to humanity, that the scientific man studies Nature.

No government has the right to decide on the truth of scientific principles, nor to prescribe in any way the character of the questions investigated…. it has a duty to its citizens to maintain the freedom, to let those citizens contribute to the further adventure and the development of the human race

I always say to my students that being a scientist is like being an explorer, and I really mean that because, in a sense, I think in science we explore the world, the universe around us.

I thought I should study physics because it's fundamental to all science.

Why do you do science? In this particular case, we don't have a very good reason to be doing this except for the knowledge that it brings. This research is especially important to young people. We all want to know what's going on in the universe.

The public has a distorted view of science because children are taught in school that science is a collection of firmly established truths. In fact, science is not a collection of truths. It is a continuing exploration of mysteries.

It is clear that while science provides insights into the complexity of the world around us, those insights...present a fractured mosaic rather than a seamless whole. There are profound limits to science that must be recognized if we are to minimize the destructive consequences of using the powers provided by scientific discovery.

Science is about exploring, and the only way to uncover the secrets of the universe is to go and look.

Science has promised us truth...It has never promised us either peace or happiness.

Science doesn't purvey absolute truth. Science is a mechanism... for testing your thoughts against the universe.

Philosophy is empty if it isn't based on science. Science discovers, philosophy interprets.

Science is expanding, and with it our vision of the universe. although this new and constantly changing view may not always give us comfort, it does have the virtue of truth according to our most effective resources for acquiring knowledge. No philosophy, moral outlook, or religion can be inconsistent with the findings of science and hope to endure among educated people.

Science is not a subject you took in school. It's life. We are wrapped by it, in it, with it.