Today is the birthday of Michael Faraday (September 22, 1791 – August 25, 1867), chemist and physicist.
"ALL THIS IS A DREAM. Still examine it by a few experiments. Nothing is too wonderful to be true, if it be consistent with the laws of nature . . . "
- Michael Faraday
"Electricity is often called wonderful, beautiful; but it is so only in common with the other forces of nature. The beauty of electricity or of any other force is not that the power is mysterious, and unexpected, touching every sense at unawares in turn, but that it is under law, and that the taught intellect can even govern it largely. The human mind is placed above, and not beneath it, and it is in such a point of view that the mental education afforded by science is rendered super-eminent in dignity, in practical application and utility; for by enabling the mind to apply the natural power through law, it conveys the gifts of God to man."
- Michael Faraday
"There’s nothing quite as frightening as someone who knows they are right."
- Michael Faraday
"The important thing is to know how to take all things quietly. "
- Michael Faraday
"I have far more confidence in the one man who works mentally and bodily at a matter than in the six who merely talk about it . . ."
- Michael Faraday
"But still try, for who knows what is possible..."
- Michael Faraday
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