There are such limits to our knowledge of nature, must be borne with patience by every sound mind whether he be a scientist or a workman. I can only advise you to leave off all impossible aspirations and trying to conceive things that are beyond conception. This requires a struggle, but a struggle is the lot of many men of all professions.


In: Robert von Helmholtz, Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, 1889

Gustav Kirchhoff Quotes

There are such limits to our knowledge of nature, must be borne with patience by every sound mind whether he be a scientist or a workman. I can only...

There are such limits to our knowledge of nature, must be borne with patience by every sound mind whether he be a scientist or a workman. I can only...

There are such limits to our knowledge of nature, must be borne with patience by every sound mind whether he be a scientist or a workman. I can only...

There are such limits to our knowledge of nature, must be borne with patience by every sound mind whether he be a scientist or a workman. I can only...