Top 90 Louis Pasteur Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Chance favors the prepared mind.”

— Louis Pasteur

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2. “Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal: my strength lies solely in my tenacity.”

— Louis Pasteur

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3. “Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world.”

— Louis Pasteur

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4. “Little science takes you away from God but more of it takes you to Him.”

— Louis Pasteur

5. “The more I study nature, the more I stand amazed at the work of the Creator. Science brings men nearer to God.”

— Louis Pasteur

6. “A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.”

— Louis Pasteur

7. “My strength lies solely in my tenacity.”

— Louis Pasteur

8. “Change only favours minds that are diligently looking and preparing for discovery.”

— Louis Pasteur

9. “Bernard was right. The germ is nothing, the terrain is everything.”

— Louis Pasteur

10. “Live in the serene peace of laboratories and libraries.”

— Louis Pasteur

11. “The role of the infinitely small in nature is infinitely great.”

— Louis Pasteur

12. “One does not ask of one who suffers: What is your country and what is your religion? One merely says: You suffer, that is enough for me.”

— Louis Pasteur

13. “Posterity will one day laugh at the sublime foolishness of the modern materialistic philosophy. The more I study nature, the more I stand amazed at the work of the Creator. I pray while I am engaged at my work in the laboratory.”

— Louis Pasteur

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14. “The Greeks bequeathed to us one of the most beautiful words in our language – the word ‘enthusiasm’ – en theos – a god within. The grandeur of human actions is measured by the inspiration from which they spring. Happy is he who bears a god within, and who obeys it.”

— Louis Pasteur

15. “To know how to wonder and question is the first step of the mind toward discovery.”

— Louis Pasteur

16. “Did you ever observe to whom the accidents happen? Chance favors only the prepared mind.”

— Louis Pasteur

17. “Life comes only from life.”

— Louis Pasteur

18. “Science brings men nearer to God.”

— Louis Pasteur

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

— Louis Pasteur

20. “La fortuna juega a favor de una mente preparada.”

— Louis Pasteur

21. “It is surmounting difficulties that makes heroes.”

— Louis Pasteur

22. “Will opens the door to success, both brilliant and happy.”

— Louis Pasteur

23. “Science and peace will triumph over ignorance and war.”

— Louis Pasteur

24. “Do not put forward anything that you cannot prove by experimentation.”

— Louis Pasteur

25. “Whether our efforts are, or not, favored by life, let us be able to say, when we come near to the great goal, I have done what I could.”

— Louis Pasteur

26. “Do not let yourself be tainted with a barren skepticism.”

— Louis Pasteur

27. “Wine is the most healthful and most hygienic of beverages.”

— Louis Pasteur

28. “Inspiration is the impact of a fact on a well-prepared mind.”

— Louis Pasteur

29. “The universe is asymmetric.”

— Louis Pasteur

30. “Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence.”

— Louis Pasteur

31. “The greatest derangement of the mind is to believe in something because one wishes it to be so.”

— Louis Pasteur

32. “These three things-work, will, success-fill human existences. Will opens the door to success, both brilliant and happy. Work passes these doors, and at the end of the journey success comes in to crown one’s efforts.”

— Louis Pasteur

33. “It is not the germs we need worry about. It is our inner terrain.”

— Louis Pasteur

34. “Question your priorities often, make sure God always comes first.”

— Louis Pasteur

35. “When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments; tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become.”

— Louis Pasteur

36. “Do not promote what you can’t explain, simplify, and prove early.”

— Louis Pasteur

37. “Work usually follows will.”

— Louis Pasteur

38. “Analogy cannot serve as proof.”

— Louis Pasteur

39. “The Greeks understood the mysterious power of the below things. They are the ones who gave us one of the most beautiful words in our language, the word enthusiasm.”

— Louis Pasteur

40. “Where observation is concerned, chance favors only the prepared mind.”

— Louis Pasteur

41. “If perchance you should falter during the journey, a hand would be there to support you. If that should be wanting, God, who alone could take that hand from you, would Himself accomplish its work.”

— Louis Pasteur

42. “Worship the spirit of criticism.”

— Louis Pasteur

43. “If science has no country, the scientist should have one, and ascribe to it the influence which his works may have in this world.”

— Louis Pasteur

44. “I am on the edge of mysteries and the veil is getting thinner and thinner.”

— Louis Pasteur

45. “Imagination should give wings to our thoughts but we always need decisive experimental proof, and when the moment comes to draw conclusions and to interpret the gathered observations, imagination must be checked and documented by the factual results of the experiment.”

— Louis Pasteur

46. “The flavor of wine is like delicate poetry.”

— Louis Pasteur

47. “There are no such things as applied sciences, only applications of science.”

— Louis Pasteur

48. “Intuition is given only to him who has undergone long preparation to receive it.”

— Louis Pasteur

49. “The only thing that can bring joy is work.”

— Louis Pasteur

50. “Science belongs to no one country.”

— Louis Pasteur