John Polanyi Quotes
Quotations and aphorisms by John Polanyi:
If we treasure our own experience and regard it as real, we must also treasure other people's experience. Reality is no less precious if it presents itself to someone else. All are discoverers, and if we disenfranchise any, all suffer.
~John Polanyi
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Science never gives up searching for truth, since it never claims to have achieved it. It is civilizing because it puts truth ahead of all else, including personal interests.
~John Polanyi
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Some dreamers demand that scientists only discover things that can be used for good. That is impossible. Science gives us a powerful vocabulary, and it is impossible to produce a vocabulary with which one can only say nice things.
~John Polanyi
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Though neglectful of their responsibility to protect science, scientists are increasingly aware of their responsibility to society.
~John Polanyi
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