The Most Petrifying of Medusas

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Jesus of Nazareth was the most scientific man that ever trod the globe. He plunged beneath the material surface of things, and found the spiritual cause. – Mary Baker Eddy




Art is I; Science is We. – Claude Bernard



Whenever science makes a discovery, the devil grabs it while the angels are debating the best way to use it. – Alan Valentine



Anyone who is practically acquainted with scientific work is aware that those who refuse to go beyond fact rarely get as far as fact. – Thomas Henry Huxley



Why does this magnificent applied science which saves work and makes life easier bring us so little happiness? The simple answer runs: Because we have not yet learned to make sensible use of it. – Albert Einstein



Applied Science is a conjuror, whose bottomless hat yeilds impartially the softest of Angora rabbits and the most petrifying of Medusas. – Aldous Leonard Huxley

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