154 Quotes by Louis Pasteur

To bring one's self to believe in a truth that has just dawned upon one is the first step towards progress; to persuade others is the second.

Oh my goodness the mystery that has prompted my objective. My quality lies exclusively in my tirelessness.

There is no such thing as applied science, only the application of pure science.

In the realm of scientific observation, luck is granted only to those who are prepared.

If you suppress laboratories, physical science will be stricken with barrenness and death.

Since the most ancient times, all men, and particularly those who endeavored in the practice of medicine, have brought closer together two natural phenomena of capital importance: illness or fever and fermentation.

Chance favours the trained mind.

You have not succeeded in your experiments, that is all there is to it.

Science and peace will triumph over ignorance and war.