Joseph Henry Quotes

#1. Meteorology has ever been an apple of contention, as if the violent commotions of the atmosphere induced a sympathetic effect on the minds of those who have attempted to study them.

Joseph Henry

#2. The general mental qualification necessary for scientific advancement is that which is usually denominated "common sense," though added to this, imagination, induction, and trained logic, either of common language or of mathematics, are important adjuncts.

Joseph Henry

#3. All creeds and opinions are nothing but the mere result of chance and temperament.

Joseph Henry

#4. Nothing but the infinite Pity is sufficient for the infinite pathos of human life.

Joseph Henry

#5. The Logos was divine, not the divine Being himself.

Joseph Henry

#6. The person who thinks there can be any real conflict between science and religion must be either very young in science or very ignorant of religion.

Joseph Henry

#7. The seed of great discoveries are constantly floating around us, but they only take root in minds well prepared to receive them.

Joseph Henry