Henri Poincare Quotes & Sayings

“It is the harmony of the diverse parts, their symmetry, their happy balance; in a word it is all that introduces order, all that gives unity, that permits us to see clearly and to comprehend at once both the ensemble and the details.”

“It is through science that we prove, but through intuition that we discover.”

“A sane mind should not be guilty of a logical fallacy, yet there are very fine minds incapable of following mathematical demonstrations.”

“If nature were not beautiful, it would not be worth knowing, and if nature were not worth knowing, life would not be worth living.”

“Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things.”

“The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful.”

“Science is built up of facts, as a house is with stones. But a collection of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house.”

“Thought is only a flash between two long nights, but this flash is everything.”

“Ideas rose in clouds; I felt them collide until pairs interlocked, so to speak, making a stable combination.”

“To doubt everything, or, to believe everything, are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection.”