Abba Eban Quotes

Science is not inherently good.

It takes years to realize the multiple benefits of science; without adequate, sustained funding for research, the careers of many bright, young scientists may come to a screeching halt.

It was the late Dr. Mahendra Lal Sircar who, by founding the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, made it possible for the scientific aspirations of my early years to continue burning brightly.

Science appears but what in truth she is, Not as our glory and our absolute boast, But as a succedaneum, and a prop To our infirmity.

Science is the best idea humans have ever had. The more people who embrace that idea, the better.

Science is a wonderful discipline, to which we are deeply indebted.

Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.

Science is a beautiful gift to humanity; we should not distort it.

Science reckons many prophets, but there is not even a promise of a Messiah.

Scientists tend to be unappreciated in the world at large, but you can hardly overstate the importance of the work they do.

I count myself fortunate to be able to participate in the life of science in this era.

It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on the human mind it has overcome man's insecurity before himself and before nature.

There is nothing inherently wrong about science.

When, as we must often do, we fear science, we really fear ourselves.

The most obvious characteristic of science is its application: the fact that, as a consequence of science, one has a power to do things. And the effect this power has had need hardly be mentioned. The whole industrial revolution would almost have been impossible without the development of science.

Is science of any value? I think a power to do something is of value. Whether the result is a good thing or a bad thing depends on how it is used, but the power is a value.

I love science, and I believe in it. I have a faith that science can solve problems and make the world a better place.

Science is an enterprise that should be cherished as an activity of the free human mind. Because it transforms who we are, how we live, and it gives us an understanding of our place in the universe.

In the history of science, we often find that the study of some natural phenomenon has been the starting point in the development of a new branch of knowledge.

Every science has been an outcast.

We are a society now that is 100 percent dependent on science.

I felt I had had enough of politicians and government upheavals …. Suddenly I was enveloped in the feeling that only science is lasting.

The individual in physical science is nothing; in human science everything.

I am among those who think that science has great beauty.

Understanding science and pushing the boundaries of science is what makes me immensely satisfied.