8 quotes by Max Planck

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“Scientific discovery and scientific knowledge have been achieved only by those who have gone in pursuit of it without any practical purpose whatsoever in view.”— Max Planck
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“Whence come I and whither go I? That is the great unfathomable question, the same for every one of us. Science has no answer to it.”— Max Planck
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“A new 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.”— Max Planck
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“We have no right to assume that any physical laws exist, or if they have existed up until now, that they will continue to exist in a similar manner in the future.”— Max Planck
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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.”— Max Planck
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“It is not the possession of truth, but the success which attends the seeking after it, that enriches the seeker and brings happiness to him.”— Max Planck
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“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.'”— Max Planck
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“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.”— Max Planck