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Beauty of nature1 quote
The scientist does not study nature because it is useful to do so. He studies it because he takes pleasure in it, and he takes pleasure in it because it is beautiful. If nature were not beautiful, it would not be worth knowing, and life would not be worth living. — Henri Poincare · 1908Credulity1 quote
To doubt everything and to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; each saves us from thinking. — Henri Poincare · 1902Critical thinking1 quote
To doubt everything and to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; each saves us from thinking. — Henri Poincare · 1902Discovery1 quote
Discovery is discernment, selection. — Henri Poincare · 1908Doubt and skepticism1 quote
To doubt everything and to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; each saves us from thinking. — Henri Poincare · 1902Nature1 quote
The scientist does not study nature because it is useful to do so. He studies it because he takes pleasure in it, and he takes pleasure in it because it is beautiful. If nature were not beautiful, it would not be worth knowing, and life would not be worth living. — Henri Poincare · 1908Power of thought1 quote
Thought is only a gleam in the midst of a long night. But it is this gleam which is everything. — Henri Poincare · 1905Science1 quote
Science is built up with facts, as a house is with stones. But a collection of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house. — Henri Poincare · 1901