Max Planck Inspirational Quotes (29)

Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery that we are trying to solve.

All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force.

Science does not mean an idle resting upon a body of certain knowledge it means unresting endeavor and continually progressing development toward an end which the poetic intuition may apprehend, but which the intellect can never fully grasp.

It is not the possession of truth, but the success which attends the seeking after it, that enriches the seeker and brings happiness to him.

I regard consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as a derivative of consciousness.