I see the triumph of good over evil as a manifestation of the error-correcting process of evolution. Jonas Salk More Quotes by Jonas Salk More Quotes From Jonas Salk It is possible to create an epidemic of health which is self-organizing and self-propelling. Jonas Salk epidemicsentrepreneurself If humankind would accept and acknowledge this responsibility and become creatively engaged in the process of evolution, consciously as well as unconsciously, a new reality would emerge, and a new age could be born. Jonas Salk angelresponsibilitycharacter My ambition was to bring to bear on medicine a chemical approach. I did that by chemical manipulation of viruses and chemical ways of thinking in biomedical research. Jonas Salk ambitionsciencethinking The mind, in addition to medicine, has powers to turn the immune system around. Jonas Salk medicineimmune-systemmind Reply when questioned on the safety of the polio vaccine he developed: It is safe, and you can't get safer than safe. Jonas Salk polio-vaccinevaccinesscience I have had dreams and I have had nightmares, but I have conquered my nightmares because of my dreams. Jonas Salk positive-thinkingdreaminspirational As a child I was not interested in science. I was merely interested in things human, the human side of nature, if you like, and I continue to be interested in that. That's what motivates me. Jonas Salk not-interestedsideschildren One of the greatest rewards for doing can be the chances it gives to do some more - even better. Jonas Salk rewardschancegiving If all insects disappeared, all life on earth would perish. If all humans disappeared, all life on earth would flourish. Jonas Salk insectshumansearth I pictured myself as a virus or a cancer cell and tried to sense what it would be like. Jonas Salk virusescancercells Nothing happens quite by chance. It's a question of accretion of information and experience. Jonas Salk informationchancehappens My job is to help people see what I see. If it's of value, fine. And, if it's not of value, then at least I've done what I can do. Jonas Salk donejobspeople Wisdom: It's something that you know when you see it. You can recognize it, you can experience it. I have defined wisdom as the capacity to make judgments that when looked back upon will seem to have been wise. Jonas Salk judgmentcapacitywise This is perhaps the most beautiful time in human history; it is really pregnant with all kinds of creative possibilities made possible by science and technology which now constitute the slave of man - if man is not enslaved by it. Jonas Salk technologybeautifulmen Evolution favors the survival of the wisest. Jonas Salk favorssurvivalevolution Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next. Jonas Salk psychicscreativitythinking When I worked on the polio vaccine, I had a theory. I guided each [experiment] by imagining myself in the phenomenon in which I was interested. The intuitive realm . . . the realm of the imagination guides my thinking. Jonas Salk polio-vaccinevaccinesthinking A good parent gives their child roots and wings. Jonas Salk parentingwingschildren I do what I feel impelled to do, as an artist would. Scientists function in the same way. I see all these as creative activities, as all part of the process of discovery. Perhaps that's one of the characteristics of what I call the evolvers, any subset of the population who keep things moving in a positive, creative, constructive way, revealing the truth and beauty that exists in life and in nature. Jonas Salk artistdiscoverymoving I look upon ourselves as partners in all of this, and that each of us contributes and does what he can do best. And so I see not a top rung and a bottom rung - I see all this horizontally - and I see this as part of a matrix. And I see every human being as having a purpose, a destiny, if you like - the destiny that exists in each of us - and find ways and means to provide such opportunities for everyone. Jonas Salk destinyopportunitymean
