The values by which we are to survive are not rules for just and unjust conduct, but are those deeper illuminations in whose light justice and injustice, good and evil, means and ends are seen in fearful sharpness of outline.

Quote by Jacob Bronowski

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The most wonderful discovery made by scientists is science itself.

The most wonderful discovery made by scientists is science itself.

Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded...

Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded...

Power is the by-product of understanding.

Power is the by-product of understanding.

No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.

No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.

Every animal leaves traces of what it was; man alone leaves traces of what he...

Every animal leaves traces of what it was; man alone leaves traces of what he...

To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure...

To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure...

The wish to hurt, the momentary intoxication with pain, is the loophole through which the...

The wish to hurt, the momentary intoxication with pain, is the loophole through which the...

You will die but the carbon will not; its career does not end with you....

You will die but the carbon will not; its career does not end with you....

The wish to hurt, the momentary intoxication with pain, is the loophole through which the...

The wish to hurt, the momentary intoxication with pain, is the loophole through which the...

A complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge.

A complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge.

The world is full of people who never quite get into the first team and...

The world is full of people who never quite get into the first team and...

Einstein was a man who could ask immensely simple questions. And what his work showed...

Einstein was a man who could ask immensely simple questions. And what his work showed...

It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must...

It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must...

Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.

Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.

We gain our ends only with the laws of nature; we control her only by...

We gain our ends only with the laws of nature; we control her only by...

Dissent is the native activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a...

Dissent is the native activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a...

The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation.

The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation.

That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the...

That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the...

The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

Science has nothing to be ashamed of even in the ruins of Nagasaki. The shame...

Science has nothing to be ashamed of even in the ruins of Nagasaki. The shame...