Chance favors the prepared mind.
—Louis Pasteur
Topics: Luck, Success, Chance
There are no such things as applied sciences, only applications of science.
—Louis Pasteur
Topics: Science
You bring me the deepest joy that can be felt by a man whose invincible belief is that Science and Peace will triumph over Ignorance and War, that nations will unite, not to destroy, but to build, and that the future will belong to those who will have done most for suffering humanity.
—Louis Pasteur
Did you ever observe to whom the accidents happen?. Chance favors only the prepared mind.
—Louis Pasteur
Topics: Preparation, Chance
Do not let yourself be tainted with a barren skepticism.
—Louis Pasteur
Topics: Skepticism, Doubt
The universe is asymmetric and I am persuaded that life, as it is known to us, is a direct result of the asymmetry of the universe or of its indirect consequences. The universe is asymmetric.
—Louis Pasteur
Topics: The Universe
Chance favours the prepared mind.
—Louis Pasteur
Topics: Intelligence
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