Linus Pauling Quotes

I have something that I call my Golden Rule. It goes something like this: 'Do unto others twenty-five percent better than you expect them to do unto you.' … The twenty-five percent is for error.

~ Linus Pauling

Science is the search for the truth--it is not a game in which one tries to beat his opponent, to do harm to others. We need to have the spirit of science in international affairs, to make the conduct of international affairs the effort to find the right solution, the just solution of international problems, and not an effort by each nation to get the better of other nations, to do harm to them when it is possible. I believe in morality, in justice, in humanitarianism.

~ Linus Pauling

The way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.

~ Linus Pauling

The best way to get a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.

~ Linus Pauling

You can't have good ideas unless you have lots of ideas.

~ Linus Pauling

Science is the search for truth, that is the effort to understand the world: it involves the rejection of bias, of dogma, of revelation, but not the rejection of morality.

~ Linus Pauling

Facts are the air of scientists. Without them you can never fly.

~ Linus Pauling

By the proper intakes of vitamins and other nutrients and by following a few other healthful practices from youth or middle age on, you can, I believe, extend your life and years of well-being by twenty-five or even thirty-five years.

~ Linus Pauling

Satisfaction of one's curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.

~ Linus Pauling

I believe that you can, by taking some simple and inexpensive measures, lead a longer life and extend your years of well-being. My most important recommendation is that you take vitamins every day in optimum amounts to supplement the vitamins that you receive in your food.

~ Linus Pauling

No evidence compels the conclusion that the minimum required intake of any vitamin comes close to the optimum intake that sustains good health.

~ Linus Pauling