Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.
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Intelligence is not a science.
A humble scientist is a good scientist.
Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
One could not be a successful scientist without realizing that, in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers and mothers of scientists, a goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.
Intellect is the swiftest of things, for it runs through everything.
Every intelligent person, whether he's an artist or not - a mathematician, a doctor, a scientist - possesses a poetic way of seeing and describing the world.
We tend to see individual differences instead of human universals. Thus, when someone says the word 'intelligence,' we think of Einstein instead of humans.
Science is basically an inoculation against charlatans.
The scientist rigorously defends his right to be ignorant of almost everything except his specialty.
I think it's important for scientists to be a bit less arrogant, a bit more humble, recognising we are capable of making mistakes and being fallacious - which is increasingly serious in a society where our work may have unpredictable consequences.
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