Ali ibn Abi Talib Quotes

One can not impede scientific progress.

Upon the progress of knowledge the whole progress of the human race is immediately dependent: he who retards that, hinders this also.

It is the great beauty of our science, chemistry, that advancement in it, whether in a degree great or small, instead of exhausting the subjects of research, opens the doors to further and more abundant knowledge, overflowing with beauty and utility.

The greater the step forward in knowledge, the greater is the one taken backward in search of wisdom.

Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge.

Only by ignorance is science threatened.

This desire of knowledge and the wonder which it hopes to satisfy are the driving power behind all the changes that we, with careless, question-begging inference, call progress.

All human progress is preceded by new questions

Without science, there would be no such hope.

Scientists are explorers. Philosophers are tourists.

In science, self-satisfaction is death. Personal self-satisfaction is the death of the scientist. Collective self-satisfaction is the death of the research. It is restlessness, anxiety, dissatisfaction, agony of mind that nourish science.

Science is a field which grows continuously with ever expanding frontiers.

I believe that science is the engine of prosperity, that if you look around at the wealth of civilization today, it's the wealth that comes from science.

As far as knowledge goes I've come a long way.

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

To pursue science is not to disparage the things of the spirit. In fact, to pursue science rightly is to furnish the framework on which the spirit may rise.

Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to learn to understand, and that this is his mission.

There is no greater impediment to progress in the sciences than the desire to see it take place too quickly.

There is nothing inherently wrong about science.

To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science.

Science is the key to our future, and if you don't believe in science, then you're holding everybody back.

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.

Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.

To furnish the means of acquiring knowledge is ... the greatest benefit that can be conferred upon mankind.

Our security and independence require that more young people devote themselves to science and research.