Michael Faraday

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“Nothing is too wonderful to be true if it be consistent with the laws of nature.”

― Michael Faraday (1791-1867)

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“There’s nothing quite as frightening as someone who knows they are right.”

― Michael Faraday (1791-1867)

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“A man who is certain he is right is almost sure to be wrong.”

― Michael Faraday (1791-1867)

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“It is right that we should stand by and act on our principles; but not right to hold them in obstinate blindness, or retain them when proved to be erroneous.”

― Michael Faraday (1791-1867)

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“No matter what you look at, if you look at it closely enough, you are involved in the entire universe.”

― Michael Faraday (1791-1867)

try possible

"But still try, for who knows what is possible?"

― Michael Faraday (1791-1867)

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"Lectures which really teach will never be popular; lectures which are popular will never really teach."

― Michael Faraday (1791-1867)

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"I happen to have discovered a direct relation between magnetism and light, also electricity and light, and the field it opens is so large and I think rich."

― Michael Faraday (1791-1867)

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"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 (1791-1867)

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"I can at any moment convert my time into money, but I do not require more of the latter than is sufficient for necessary purposes."

― Michael Faraday (1791-1867)

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"A centre of excellence is, by definition, a place where second class people may perform first class work."

― Michael Faraday (1791-1867)

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"With respect to Committees as you would perceive I am very jealous of their formation. I mean working committees. I think business is always better done by few than by many."

― Michael Faraday (1791-1867)

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"Nothing is ever too good to be true."

― Michael Faraday (1791-1867)