Louis Pasteur Quotes

French chemist and microbiologist1822–1895 10 quotes

Louis Pasteur was a French chemist, pharmacist and microbiologist known for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurization, which is named after him. His research led to major advances in understanding the causes and prevention of disease, laying foundations for hygiene, public health and much of modern medicine.

His work is credited with saving millions of lives through the development of vaccines for rabies and anthrax. He is regarded as one of the founders of modern bacteriology and has been honoured as the "father of bacteriology" and the "father of microbiology." He also disproved the doctrine of spontaneous generation, showing that in sterilized and sealed flasks nothing ever developed.
French chemist and microbiologist

There is no such thing as a special category of science called applied science; there is science and its applications, which are related to one another as the fruit is related to the tree that has borne it.

— Correspondence of Pasteur and Thuillier Concerning Anthrax and Swine Fever Vaccinations

French chemist and microbiologist

Wine is the most healthful and most hygienic of beverages.

French chemist and microbiologist

In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind.

French chemist and microbiologist

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

French chemist and microbiologist

In the field of observation chance favours the prepared mind.

French chemist and microbiologist

When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments; tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become.

French chemist and microbiologist

Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world.

French chemist and microbiologist

There does not exist a category of science to which one can give the name applied science. There are science and the applications of science, bound together as the fruit of the tree which bears it.

French chemist and microbiologist

There are no such things as applied sciences, only applications of science.

French chemist and microbiologist

Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence.