Sophie Golbach Psyche 15 sep 2021, 06:00

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Dit zijn de 20 mooiste quotes van Marie Curie

In de Bedrock-serie ‘De mooiste quotes van…’ delen we regelmatig inspirerende citaten van wijze mensen. Eerder kwamen Mathma Ghandi, Eckart Tolle en Jezus al aan bod. Deze keer delen we de 20 meest inspirerende quotes van scheikundige en natuurkundige Marie Curie.

Deze Pools-Franse wetenschapster heeft onderzoek gedaan op het gebied van radioactiviteit en heeft daarbij de radioactieve stoffen radium en polonium ontdekt. Marie is in 1867 geboren en het was in de tijd waarin ze leefde, bijzonder dat een vrouw wetenschappelijk werk deed en professor werd.

Ze heeft niet alleen een enorme bijdrage geleverd aan de wetenschap, maar maakte ook de weg vrij voor vrouwen in de academische wereld.

Voor haar onderzoek naar radioactieve straling kreeg Marie, samen met haar man Pierre, de Nobelprijs voor de natuurkunde. Ze was de eerste vrouw die een Nobelprijs won. Ook heeft ze een aantal boeken geschreven, waaronder Radio-Active Substances.

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De 20 mooiste quotes van Marie Curie

Daarom delen wij vandaag haar 20 meest inspirerende quotes:

1. “Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.”
2. “One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.”
3. “Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.”
4. “I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.”
5. “First principle: never to let one’s self be beaten down by persons or by events.”
6. “The older one gets, the more one feels that the present moment must be enjoyed, comparable to a state of grace.”
7. “Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.”
8. “You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.”
9. “A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician: he is also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as though they were fairy tales.”
10. “All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child.”
11. “You must never be fearful of what you are doing when it is right.”
12. “I am one of those who think, like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries.”
13. “You can only analyze the data you have. Be strategic about what to gather and how to store it.”
14. “If I see anything vital around me, it is precisely that spirit of adventure, which seems indestructible and is akin to curiosity.”
15. “We must keep our certainty that after the bad days the good times will come again.”
16. “I am among those who think that science has great beauty.”
17. “It was like a new world opened to me, the world of science, which I was at last permitted to know in all liberty.”
18. “In science we must be interested in things, not in persons.”
19. “More and more, I feel the need for a house and a garden.”
20. “It’s always good to marry your best friend.”

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