Linus Pauling quotes - page 2

Linus Pauling was an American chemist, biochemist, and peace activist known for his groundbreaking work in quantum chemistry and molecular biology. His research on the nature of the chemical bond changed the face of modern chemistry. He remains one of the few people to have received two unshared Nobel Prizes, in Chemistry and Peace. Here are 56 of his quotes:

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.

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Provided one has the correct level of vitamin, mineral and nutritional input, the body can overcome disease.

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

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

Linus Pauling

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.

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Science cannot be stopped. Man will gather knowledge no matter what the consequences – and we cannot predict what they will be.

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Nobody wins. Nobody benefits from destructive war of this sort and there is all of this human suffering.

Linus Pauling

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.

Linus Pauling

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

What astonished me was the very low toxicity of a substance that has such very great physiological power.

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We must not have a Nuclear war. We must begin to solve international disputes by the application of man's power of reason in a way that is worthy of the dignity of man.

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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."

Linus Pauling

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.

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

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I think every person should be able to enjoy life. Try to decide what you most enjoy doing, and then look around to see if there is a job for which you could prepare yourself that would enable you to continue having this sort of joy.

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Every aspect of the world today - even politics and international relations - is affected by chemistry.

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I try to identify myself with the atoms ... I ask what I would do If I were a carbon atom or a sodium atom.

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The power to destroy the world by the use of nuclear weapons is a power that cannot be used - we cannot accept the idea of such monstrous immorality.

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

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I believe that there is a greater power in the world than the evil power of military force, of nuclear bombs -- there is the power of good, of morality, of humanitarianism.

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You have to have a lot of ideas. First, if you want to make discoveries, it's a good thing to have good ideas. And second, you have to have a sort of sixth sense-the result of judgment and experience-which ideas are worth following up. I seem to have the first thing, a lot of ideas, and I also seem to have good judgment as to which are the bad ideas that I should just ignore, and the good ones, that I'd better follow up.

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I hear from patients who say their doctor said, 'If you want to take Vitamin C, go ahead and do it. It won't harm you, and it may do you some good.' More and more physicians are getting convinced about the value of large doses of Vitamin C.

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