Linus Pauling

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“I have something that I call my Golden Rule. It goes something like this: 'Do unto others twenty-five percent better than you expect them to do unto you.' … The twenty-five percent is for error.”

― Linus Pauling (1901-1994)

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“The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas.”

― Linus Pauling (1901-1994)

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“Science is the search for the truth--it is not a game in which one tries to beat his opponent, to do harm to others. We need to have the spirit of science in international affairs, to make the conduct of international affairs the effort to find the right solution, the just solution of international problems, and not an effort by each nation to get the better of other nations, to do harm to them when it is possible. I believe in morality, in justice, in humanitarianism.”

― Linus Pauling (1901-1994)

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“Satisfaction of one's curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life."

― Linus Pauling (1901-1994)

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“Do not let either the medical authorities or the politicians mislead you. Find out what the facts are, and make your own decisions about how to live a happy life and how to work for a better world.”

― Linus Pauling (1901-1994)

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"You can trace every sickness, every disease and every ailment to a mineral deficiency."

― Linus Pauling (1901-1994)

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"When an old and distinguished person speaks to you, listen to him carefully and with respect — but do not believe him. Never put your trust into anything but your own intellect. Your elder, no matter whether he has gray hair or has lost his hair, no matter whether he is a Nobel laureate — may be wrong. The world progresses, year by year, century by century, as the members of the younger generation find out what was wrong among the things that their elders said. So you must always be skeptical — always think for yourself."

― Linus Pauling (1901-1994)

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"Optimum nutrition is the medicine of tomorrow."

― Linus Pauling (1901-1994)

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"Life is a relationship among molecules and not a property of any molecule."

― Linus Pauling (1901-1994)

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"If you take a reasonable amount of vitamin C regularly, the incidence of the common cold goes down. If you get a cold and start immediately, as soon as you start sneezing and sniffling, the cold just doesn't get going."

― Linus Pauling (1901-1994)

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"Facts are the air of scientists. Without them you can never fly."

― Linus Pauling (1901-1994)

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"Science is the search for truth - it is not a game in which one tries to beat his opponent, to do harm to others."

― Linus Pauling (1901-1994)

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"Humanism is a philosophy of joyous service for the greater good of all humanity, of application of new ideas of scientific progress for the benefit of all."

― Linus Pauling (1901-1994)

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"Does the commandment 'Thou Shalt Not Kill' mean nothing to us? Are we to interpret it as meaning 'Thou shalt not kill except on the grand scale,' or 'Thou shalt not kill except when the national leaders say to do so'?"

― Linus Pauling (1901-1994)

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"There is no safe amount of radiation. Even small amounts do harm."

― Linus Pauling (1901-1994)

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"Science is the search for truth, that is the effort to understand the world: it involves the rejection of bias, of dogma, of revelation, but not the rejection of morality."

― Linus Pauling (1901-1994)

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"I believe all complicated phenomena can be explained by simpler scientific principles."

― Linus Pauling (1901-1994)