French Geologist Quotes

Crystallographic science does not consist in the scrupulous description of all the accidents of crystalline form, but in specifying, by the description of these forms, the more or less close relationship they have with each other.

Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle

It is always necessary to close a lecture on geology with humility.

Pierre-Marie Termier

In all ages volcanoes have frightened, fascinated and attracted man, because what they hold is at once terrifying, splendid, and mysterious.

I would always like to be near craters, drunk with fire, gas, my face burned by the heat.... It's not that I flirt with my death, but at this point I don't care about it, because there is the pleasure of approaching the beast and not knowing if he is going to catch you.