Oliver Lodge

“The orthodox scientist is a good man, but his horizon is necessarily limited.”

“The progress of science has been a continual recession of the inexplicable.”

“The first thing to realise is that the universe is thrown into existence, and that its existence is a mystery.”

“The last thing a deep-sea fish could discover is water.”

“A body of men, holding themselves accountable to nobody, ought not to be trusted by anybody.”

“We are tenants of the planet, not its owners.”

“Science is incapable of explaining the universe. It can only describe it.”

“The universe is a more spiritual and less material thing than we are accustomed to think.”

“Man is a creature of a day, and his life is a vapor.”

“I have been privileged to be a witness of the survival of human personality beyond death.”

“There is no such thing as a fixed and final truth in science.”

“Work is not a curse, it is the prerogative of intelligence, the only means to manhood, and the measure of civilization.”