It is important that students bring a certain ragamuffin, barefoot irreverence to their studies; they are not here to worship what is known, but to question it. Jacob Bronowski barefootbringimportant Change image and share on social
We gain our ends only with the laws of nature; we control her only by understanding her laws. Jacob Bronowski controlendgain Change image and share on social
Science has nothing to be ashamed of even in the ruins of Nagasaki. The shame is theirs who appeal to other values than the human imaginative values which science has evolved. Jacob Bronowski appealashamedevolve Change image and share on social
The world is full of people who never quite get into the first team and who just miss the prizes at the flower show. Jacob Bronowski flowerfullmis Change image and share on social
The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. Jacob Bronowski actioncontemplationgrasp Change image and share on social
No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power. Jacob Bronowski corruptionimmuneinfection Change image and share on social
Man is unique not because he does science, and his is unique not because he does art, but because science and art equally are expressions of his marvelous plasticity of mind. Jacob Bronowski artequallyexpression Change image and share on social
Dissent is the native activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a good deal of trouble in the last years. But if that is cut off, what is left will not be a scientist. And I doubt whether it will be a man. Jacob Bronowski activitycutdeal share on social
Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast over nature. Jacob Bronowski castfailforce Change image and share on social
The wish to hurt, the momentary intoxication with pain, is the loophole through which the pervert climbs into the minds of ordinary men. Jacob Bronowski climbhurtintoxication Change image and share on social
