88 Quotes by Linus Pauling

Do unto others 20% better than you would expect them to do unto you, to correct for subjective error.

Just one living cell in the human body is, more complex than New York City.

Man's great power of thinking, remembering, and communicating are responsible for the evolution of civilization.

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

I made use of the college library by borrowing books other than scientific books, such as all of the plays by George Bernard Shaw, the writing of Edgar Allan Poe. The college library helped me to develop a broader aspect on life.

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.

But I know also that still more interesting discoveries will be made that I have not the imagination to describe - and I am awaiting them, full of curiosity and enthusiasm.

Everyone should know that the 'war on cancer' is largely a fraud.

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'?