Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteurwas a French chemist and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurization. He is remembered for his remarkable breakthroughs in the causes and preventions of diseases, and his discoveries have saved countless lives ever since. He reduced mortality from puerperal fever, and created the first vaccines for rabies and anthrax. His medical discoveries provided direct support for the germ theory of disease and its application in clinical medicine. He is best known...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth27 December 1822
CityDole, France
CountryFrance
It is surmounting difficulties that makes heroes.
Change only favours minds that are diligently looking and preparing for discovery.
Do not put forward anything that you cannot prove by experimentation.
It is not the germs we need worry about. It is our inner terrain.
Messieurs, c'est les microbes qui auront le dernier mot." (Gentlemen, it is the microbes who will have the last word.)
The more I study nature, the more I stand amazed at the work of the Creator. Science brings men nearer to God.
Posterity will one day laugh at the sublime foolishness of the modern materialistic philosophy. The more I study nature, the more I stand amazed at the work of the Creator. I pray while I am engaged at my work in the laboratory.
Question your priorities often, make sure God always comes first.
Chance favors the prepared mind.
One does not ask of one who suffers: What is your country and what is your religion? One merely says: You suffer, that is enough for me
Little science takes you away from God but more of it takes you to Him.
If science has no country, the scientist should have one, and ascribe to it the influence which his works may have in this world.
Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world.
Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.