James Douglas Quotes

Science is not wisdom.

This time next year,—this time ten years,—this time one hundred years,—probably it will be just as easy as we think it is to understand that glass of water, which now seems so plain and simple. I cannot doubt but that these things, which now seem to us so mysterious, will be no mysteries at all; that the scales will fall from our eyes; that we shall learn to look on things in a different way—when that which is now a difficulty will be the only commonsense and intelligible way of looking at the subject

I like to open people's eyes.

Light itself is a revelation.

The crude real will not by itself yield truth.

Truths kindle light for truths.

I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day.

After all, the ultimate goal of all research is not objectivity, but truth.

It is no good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge.

The greatest and noblest pleasure which we have in this world is to discover new truths, and the next is to shake off old prejudices.

Light is the symbol of truth.

To free a person from error is to give, and not to take away.

In complete darkness, it is only knowledge and wisdom that separates us.

Knowledge is love and light and vision.

The main purpose of science is simplicity and as we understand more things, everything is becoming simpler.

It's always good news when you're closer to the truth.

Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.

To the scientist there is the joy in pursuing truth which nearly counteracts the depressing revelations of truth.

Science has fulfilled her function when she has ascertained and enunciated truth.

Science is nothing but perception.

New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become.

Seeing the light is a choice, not seeing the light is no choice.

It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth.

I'll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth.

Apollo was designed not to conquer enemies but to conquer ignorance.