13 Quotes By John B. S. Haldane


We do not know, in most cases, how far social failure and success are due to heredity, and how far to environment. But environment is the easier of the two to improve.
John B. S. Haldane on failure

I think, however, that so long as our present economic and national systems continue, scientific research has little to fear.
John B. S. Haldane on fear

If one could conclude as to the nature of the Creator from a study of his creation it would appear that God has a special fondness for stars and beetles.
John B. S. Haldane on god

I have never yet met a healthy person who worried very much about his health, or a really good person who worried much about his own soul.
John B. S. Haldane on health

If one could conclude as to the nature of the Creator from a study of his creation it would appear that God has a special fondness for stars and beetles.
John B. S. Haldane on nature

Until politics are a branch of science we shall do well to regard political and social reforms as experiments rather than short-cuts to the millennium.
John B. S. Haldane on politics

The wise man regulates his conduct by the theories both of religion and science. But he regards these theories not as statements of ultimate fact but as art-forms.
John B. S. Haldane on religion

There can be no truce between science and religion.
John B. S. Haldane on religion

The wise man regulates his conduct by the theories both of religion and science. But he regards these theories not as statements of ultimate fact but as art-forms.
John B. S. Haldane on science

Until politics are a branch of science we shall do well to regard political and social reforms as experiments rather than short-cuts to the millennium.
John B. S. Haldane on science

There can be no truce between science and religion.
John B. S. Haldane on science

And if we must educate our poets and artists in science, we must educate our masters, labour and capital, in art.
John B. S. Haldane on science

A fairly bright boy is far more intelligent and far better company than the average adult.
John B. S. Haldane on teen