Quotes by swiss authors

We have so many rich people in Switzerland. They should take more responsibility for the general public. There is almost no tradition of philanthropy here anymore, unlike in the U.S. Hansjorg Wyss

People Responsibility Rich Philanthropy Unlike General More General Public Take Almost Tradition Anymore Public Rich People Should Many Switzerland Here

Nobody knows me, and I hope that it stays like this. Hansjorg Wyss

Hope Me Stays Nobody Like Knows

Two things are vital for me. I've always had people who protected me, and I've always had people who helped me. Before I decide, I consult with three, four people who I trust. Hansjorg Wyss

Me Trust People Three Before Vital Consult Had Protected Always Decide Who Helped Things Four Two

The new generation of researchers must be given the skills and values - not just scientific ideals, but also awareness of human weaknesses - that will enable it to correct its forebears' mistakes. Heinrich Rohrer

Generation Will Values Mistakes Awareness Correct Must Weaknesses Given New Ideals Also Scientific Enable New Generation Human Just Skills Researchers

Scientific fraud, plagiarism, and ghost writing are increasingly being reported in the news media, creating the impression that misconduct has become a widespread and omnipresent evil in scientific research. Heinrich Rohrer

In all the years with IBM Research, I have especially appreciated the freedom to pursue the activities I found interesting and greatly enjoyed the stimulus, collegial cooperation, frankness, and intellectual generosity of two scientific communities, namely in superconductivity and critical phenomena. Heinrich Rohrer

The scientists do not get enough help, enough encouragement, to change their field from time to time because the pressure is too high or is to perform something. And once you start in a new field, you are a nobody to start with, you see. Heinrich Rohrer

The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes. Henri Frederic Amiel

Fire Consumes Same Which Enlightens

Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more. Henri Frederic Amiel

Analysis Once More Spontaneity Springs Grain Ground Flour

An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains. Henri Frederic Amiel

Truth Dangerous Degree More Proportion Contains Error Which

To marry unequally is to suffer equally. Henri Frederic Amiel

Relationship Marry Equally Suffer

We only understand that which already is within us. Henri Frederic Amiel

Only Within Understand Which Us

Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion. Henri Frederic Amiel

Truth Communication Pure Must Crowd Contagion Cannot Assimilated

To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy. Henri Frederic Amiel

Be Happy Happy Courage Live Must Incessantly Conquer

Sympathy is the first condition of criticism. Henri Frederic Amiel

Criticism First Sympathy Condition

Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies. Henri Frederic Amiel

Great Law Passion Sacrifice Never Great Souls Souls Been Which Societies

The only substance properly so called is the soul. Henri Frederic Amiel

Soul Properly Only Substance So-Called

If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion. Henri Frederic Amiel

State Compulsion Nationality Consent

Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command. Henri Frederic Amiel

Soul Tears Restrain Emotion Retain Self Command Inability Symbol

For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will. Henri Frederic Amiel

Will Thought Energy Nothing Action More Purposes Combined Than Useful

Society lives by faith, and develops by science. Henri Frederic Amiel

Faith Science Society Develops Lives

We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves. Henri Frederic Amiel

Others Ourselves More Never Discontented Than

So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being. Henri Frederic Amiel

Long Living Person Being Capable

We see chemistry, how the atoms are arranged in the molecules, how the disease changes the arrangement. Perhaps we will find which drug disentangles the aggregates that make a brain senile. Many of us are interested in such things. Jacques Dubochet