Quotes by Louis Pasteur

“Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal: my strength lies solely in my tenacity”

“Chance favors the prepared mind.”

“Nature uses as little as possible of anything.”

“Whether our efforts are, or not, favored by life, let us be able to say, when we come near the great goal, I have done what I could”

“When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments; tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become.”

“Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence.”

“There are no such things as applied sciences, only applications of science.”

“Where observation is concerned, chance favors only the prepared mind.”

“Do not let yourself be tainted with a barren skepticism.”

“The universe is asymmetric and I am persuaded that life, as it is known to us, is a direct result of the asymmetry of the universe or of its indirect consequences. The universe is asymmetric.”

Chance favors the prepared mind.

Wine is the most healthful and most hygienic of beverages.

There is no such thing as a special category of science called applied science; there is science and its applications, which are related to one another as the fruit is related to the tree that has borne it.

In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind.

Chance favours the prepared mind.

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

Blessed is he who carries within himself a god and an ideal and who obeys it - an ideal of art of science or gospel virtues. Therein lie the springs of great thoughts and great actions.

In the field of observation chance favours the prepared mind.

Intuition is given only to him who has undergone long preparation to receive it.

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal: my strength lies solely in my tenacity.