20 rare quotes from Hungarian scientists

Some quotes make you really think about the subject matter, others you’ll just pass by, feeling like you’ve read it at least a thousand times. Sometimes you stumble upon a good one, sometimes you really need one for a greeting card. These are some of the rarest quotes from Hungarian scientists, collected by tanarno.cafeblog.hu.

Quotes about happiness

“Rich is the person who has more money than desires, and poor is the person who has more desires than money… The key to happiness is not to acquire more, but to be content with what we have, and to fill the empty holes in our lives instead of enlarging them” – Albert Szent-Györgyi, Nobel-prized biochemist

“The pessimist is such a man who is always right, but never happy” – Ede Teller, atom physicist

“It is of key importance to do things from time to time that is not of key importance” – László Mérő, psychologist-mathematician

“Life is too short to be a pessimist” – György Oláh, Nobel-prized chemist

“Some who is happy will make others happy as well, but if the well is empty, what will you draw from it?” – Farkas Bólyai, mathematician

Quotes about school, knowledge

“Man is the only being that is capable of constant thinking, thus making sure that chaos will strive even when his mind is at work.” – László Mérő

“To see things that no one else sees, and to think of things that no else thinks” – Albert Szent-Györgyi

“Books are meant to hold onto knowledge, while we are using our minds for better things” – Albert Szent-Györgyi

“When it comes to mathematics, you don’t understand things, rather you simply get used to them” – János Neumann, mathematician

“School is supposed to teach you how to learn, to awaken your thirst for knowledge, to introduce you to the joy of a well-done work, to give you a taste of the excitements of creation, and to help you find the line of work, that you’ll fall in love with” – Albert Szent-Györgyi

“It is not right to stay silent when I know something others don’t” – Ede Teller

Quotes about health

“What is a healthy person? As a psychologist, I can say that there is no such thing, everyone is sick, but in their own ways” – László Mérő

“There are but few other choices with which you can influence your health, than what food you buy and eat” – Albert Szent-Györgyi

“Meaningful silence is the most expressive” – László Mérő

Quotes about life

“Do not fret: you have a head and a heart. Do not fret. I trust my head and I trust my heart, and I trust that they can work together” – Ede Teller

“The last drop is not to be blamed that it is the last one, for it is the same as the others” – László Mérő

“The politician has his mind set on the next campaign, the statesman on the next generation. People vote for the best politicians and then they wonder why they become bad statesman” – Albert Szent-Györgyi

“What we do not understand, we call coincidence” – Ede Teller

“You are not supposed to agree on everything, the world is made colourful by the different opinions” – László Mérő

“However painful and overwhelming it is to admit you are wrong, denial will not serve as a solution” – Ignác Semmelweis

Ce: bm

Source: tanarno.cafeblog.hu