A THREAD on thought provoking ideas by Marie Curie:
1/
I am among those who think that science has great beauty.
A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician: he is also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as though they were fairy tales.
1/
I am among those who think that science has great beauty.
A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician: he is also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as though they were fairy tales.
2/
We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals.
The work was one of pure science.
And this is a proof that scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness of it...
We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals.
The work was one of pure science.
And this is a proof that scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness of it...
...It must be done for itself, for the beauty of science, and then there is always the chance that a scientific discovery may become, like the radium, a benefit for mankind.
3/
I am one of those who think, like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries.
I am one of those who think, like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries.
4/
Our society, in which reigns an eager desire for riches and luxury, does not understand the value of science.
Nor does it take sufficient cognizance of the fact that science is at the base of all the progress that lightens the burden of life and lessens its suffering.
Our society, in which reigns an eager desire for riches and luxury, does not understand the value of science.
Nor does it take sufficient cognizance of the fact that science is at the base of all the progress that lightens the burden of life and lessens its suffering.
5/
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.
Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.
Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.
6/
Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.
Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.
7/
You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for our own improvement & share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think can be most useful.
You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for our own improvement & share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think can be most useful.
8/
Humanity also needs dreamers, for whom the disinterested development of an enterprise is so captivating that it becomes impossible for them to devote their care to their own material profit. Without doubt, these dreamers do not deserve wealth, because they do not desire it...
Humanity also needs dreamers, for whom the disinterested development of an enterprise is so captivating that it becomes impossible for them to devote their care to their own material profit. Without doubt, these dreamers do not deserve wealth, because they do not desire it...
...Even so, a well-organized society should assure to such workers the efficient means of accomplishing their task, in a life freed from material care and freely consecrated to research.
9/
We must keep our certainty that after the bad days the good times will come again.
We must keep our certainty that after the bad days the good times will come again.
10/
I was taught the way of progress is neither swift nor easy.
I was taught the way of progress is neither swift nor easy.
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
