Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.

Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.

In scientific work, those who refuse to go beyond fact rarely get as far as fact.

In scientific work, those who refuse to go beyond fact rarely get as far as fact.

The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.

The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.

You have to know you can first. How comes later.

You have to know you can first. How comes later.

[Do not] put too much confidence in experimental results until they have been confirmed by theory.

[Do not] put too much confidence in experimental results until they have been confirmed by theory.

I never once made a discovery ... I speak without exaggeration that I have constructed three thousand different theories in read more

I never once made a discovery ... I speak without exaggeration that I have constructed three thousand different theories in connection with the electric light ... Yet in only two cases did my experiments prove the truth of my theory.

The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, read more

The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.

There can be no theory of any account unless it corroborate with the theory of the earth.

There can be no theory of any account unless it corroborate with the theory of the earth.

If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.

If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.