Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.
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Marie Curie
Polish-French physicist and chemist; first person to win Nobel Prizes in two sciences (1903, 1911). Discovered polonium and radium with Pierre Curie; lived 1867–1934.
9 quotes
I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.
Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.
One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.
We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.
You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals.
I am among those who think that science has great beauty.
Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.
I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries.