Louis Agassiz Quotes

I cannot afford to waste my time making money.
Louis Agassiz

Time, Money, Cannot

Every scientific truth goes through three states: first, people say it conflicts with the Bible; next, they say it has been discovered before; lastly, they say they always believed it.
Louis Agassiz

Truth, Through, Before

Facts are stupid until brought into connection with some general law.
Louis Agassiz

Stupid, Law, Until

Study nature, not books.
Louis Agassiz

Nature, Study, Books

The glacier was God's great plough set at work ages ago to grind, furrow, and knead over, as it were, the surface of the earth.
Louis Agassiz

Work, Great, God

The study of Nature is intercourse with the Highest Mind. You should never trifle with Nature.
Louis Agassiz

Nature, Mind, Study

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Biography

Nationality: Swiss

Type: Scientist

Born: May 28, 1807

Died: December 14, 1873

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