Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other; yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely; for science is but one.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Form your life humanly, and you have done enough: but you will never reach the height of art and the depth of science without something divine.
A powerful attraction exists, therefore, to the promotion of a study and of duties of all others engrossing the time most completely, and which is less benefited than most others by any acquaintance with science.
One of the lessons I have learned in the different stages of my career is that science is not done alone. It is through talking with others and sharing that progress is made.
No single achievement in science is possible without the painstaking work of the many hundreds who have built the foundation on which all new work is based.
Science knows only one commandment - contribute to science.
Only by strict specialization can the scientific worker become fully conscious, for once and perhaps never again in his lifetime, that he has achieved something that will endure. A really definitive and good accomplishment is today always a specialized act.
Be unselfish. That is the first and final commandment for those who would be useful and happy in their usefulness. If you think of yourself only, you cannot develop because you are choking the source of development, which is spiritual expansion through thought for others.
I always said I wanted to be scientist, but I didn't really have the staying power.
To pursue science is not to disparage the things of the spirit. In fact, to pursue science rightly is to furnish the framework on which the spirit may rise.
Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed.