Claude Bernard Professions : Physiologist Born : July 12, 1813 Died : February 10, 1878 Browse All Authors Top 89 quotes by Claude Bernard A contemporary poet has characterized this sense of the personality of art and of the impersonality of science in these words,-'Art is myself; science is ourselves. ' Claude Bernard personality science art Men who have excessive faith in their theories ... make poor observations, because they choose among the results of their experiments only what suits their object, neglecting whatever is unrelated to it and carefully setting aside everything which might tend toward the idea they wish to combat Claude Bernard men science ideas Progress is achieved by exchanging our theories for new ones which go further than the old, until we find one based on a larger number of facts. ... Theories are only hypotheses, verified by more or less numerous facts. Those verified by the most facts are the best, but even then they are never final, never to be absolutely believed. Claude Bernard progress numbers science We achieve more than we know. We know more than we understand. We understand more than we can explain. Claude Bernard achievement science knowledge The first entirely vital action, so termed because it is not effected outside the influence of life, consists in the creation of the glycogenic material in the living hepatic tissue. The second entirely chemical action, which can be effected outside the influence of life, consists in the transformation of the glycogenic material into sugar by means of a ferment. Claude Bernard tissues sugar mean Experiment is fundamentally only induced observation. Claude Bernard observation experiments science Love is the greatest Joy of Discovery one can feel! Claude Bernard Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science. Claude Bernard observation passive active science Man can learn nothing except by going from the known to the unknown. Claude Bernard unknown going nothing man Similar Authors Albert Szent-Gyorgyi physiologist Ivan Sechenov physiologist Ivan Pavlov physiologist Franz Joseph Gall physiologist All Authors