Best Quotes by Henri Poincare (Top 7)

  1. Science is built up of facts, as a house is with stones. But a collection of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house.
  2. The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful.
  3. Doubt everything or believe everything: these are two equally convenient strategies. With either we dispense with the need for reflection.
  4. If nature were not beautiful, it would not be worth knowing, and if nature were not worth knowing, life would not be worth living.
  5. It is far better to foresee even without certainty than not to foresee at all.
  6. Thought is only a flash between two long nights, but this flash is everything.
  7. Science is facts; just as houses are made of stones, so is science made of facts; but a pile of stones is not a house and a collection of facts is not necessarily science.