Michael Faraday quotes

Born
22 September 1791, Newington Butts, England.

Died
25 August 1867.

Occupation
Scientist.

Michael Faraday was an English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.

I shall be with Christ, and that is enough.
– Michael Faraday

The important thing is to know how to take all things quietly.
– Michael Faraday

There’s nothing quite as frightening as someone who knows they are right.
– Michael Faraday

Nothing is too wonderful to be true, if it be consistent with the laws of nature.
– Michael Faraday

Why will people go astray when they have this blessed Book to guide them?
– Michael Faraday

But still try, for who knows what is possible?
– Michael Faraday

The book of nature which we have to read is written by the finger of God.
– Michael Faraday

It is right that we should stand by and act on our principles; but not right to hold them in obstinate blindness, or retain them when proved to be erroneous.
– Michael Faraday

Water is to me, I confess, a phenomenon which continually awakens new feelings of wonder as often as I view it.
– Michael Faraday

A man who is certain he is right is almost sure to be wrong.
– Michael Faraday

… and what good is a baby?
– Michael Faraday

The lecturer should give the audience full reason to believe that all his powers have been exerted for their pleasure and instruction.
– Michael Faraday

I am no poet, but if you think for yourselves, as I proceed, the facts will form a poem in your minds.
– Michael Faraday