Jagdish Chandra Bose quotes :
“The true laboratory is the mind, where behind illusions we uncover the laws of truth.”
“Progress in the scientific method is often made by the conjunction of unrelated techniques and ideas.”
“Nature, as we know, is far from inanimate or dead; it is full of sensation, passion, and life.”
“Education is not the amount of information that is put into your brain and runs riot there, undigested all your life. We must have life-building, man-making, character-making assimilation of ideas.”
“I have not sought material wealth but only the realization of some cosmic harmony.”
“The energy expended in crossing the boundaries of a new frontier may ultimately be recouped a thousandfold.”
“The scientific spirit is of more value than its products.”
“The aim and object of all science is to discover and reveal truth. All these things are clear to me.”
“The individual mind is immanent but not only in the body. It is immanent also in pathways and messages outside the body; and there is a larger Mind of which the individual mind is only a sub-system.”
“The wonders of the world cannot be explored without the scientist’s spiritual intuition.”
“Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world.”
“Life is nothing but the development of mind.”
“Nature’s imagination is so boundless compared to our own meager human imagination.”
“The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day runs through the world and dances in rhythmic measures. It is the same life that shoots in joy through the dust of the earth in numberless blades of grass and breaks into tumultuous waves of leaves and flowers.”
“Man is finite, and foolishly thus, thinks himself to be great and infinite.”
“If we were to become more familiar with the processes of the world around us, we would see how great is their affinity to ourselves.”
“We live in a world that is full of beauty, charm, and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.”
“The vision of Nature’s laws does not require any microscope or telescope, only an awakened mind.”
“We may speak of ourselves as the sons of a poor country, but we cannot call ourselves poor so long as the fields of science remain open to us.”
“Science is the greatest creative impulse of our time. It dominates the intellectual scene and forms our lives, not only in the material things which it has given us, but also in that it guides our spirit.”
These quotes reflect Jagdish Chandra Bose’s deep understanding of nature, his appreciation for science, and his philosophical insights.