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Max Planck Quotes: Science progresses not by convincing the adherents of old theories that they are wrong, but by allowing enough time to pass so that a new generation can arise unencumbered by the old errors.
         

Science progresses not by convincing the adherents of old theories that they are wrong, but by allowing enough time to pass so that a new generation can arise unencumbered by the old errors.


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Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery that we are trying to solve.

Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery that we are trying to solve.



Anybody who has been seriously engaged in scientific work of any kind realizes that over the entrance to the gates of the temple of science are written the words: 'Ye must have faith.'

Anybody who has been seriously engaged in scientific work of any kind realizes that over the entrance to the gates of the temple of science are written the words: 'Ye must have faith.'



A scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.

A scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.



All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force... We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent Mind. This Mind is the matrix of all matter.

All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force... We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent Mind. This Mind is the matrix of all matter.



There can never be any real opposition between religion and science; for the one is the complement of the other.

There can never be any real opposition between religion and science; for the one is the complement of the other.



I regard consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as a derivative of consciousness.

I regard consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as a derivative of consciousness.



Every advance in knowledge brings us face to face with the mystery of our own being.

Every advance in knowledge brings us face to face with the mystery of our own being.



In all my research I have never come across matter. To me the term matter implies a bundle of energy which is given form by an intelligent spirit.

In all my research I have never come across matter. To me the term matter implies a bundle of energy which is given form by an intelligent spirit.



Thus, the photons which constitute a ray of light behave like intelligent human beings: out of all possible curves they always select the one which will take them most quickly to their goal.

Thus, the photons which constitute a ray of light behave like intelligent human beings: out of all possible curves they always select the one which will take them most quickly to their goal.



The scientist needs an artistically creative imagination.

The scientist needs an artistically creative imagination.





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