I cannot conceive curved lines of force without the conditions of a physical existence in that intermediate space. — Michael Faraday

With respect to Committees as you would perceive I am very jealous of their formation. I mean working committees. I think business is always better done by few than by many. — Michael Faraday

When the contrary magnetic poles were on the same side, there was an effect produced on the polarized ray, and thus magnetic force and light were proved to have relation to each other… — Michael Faraday

I can at any moment convert my time into money, but I do not require more of the latter than is sufficient for necessary purposes. — Michael Faraday

Work, finish, publish. — Michael Faraday

Nothing is too wonderful to be true. — Michael Faraday

But still try for who knows what is possible! — Michael Faraday

There’s nothing quite as frightening as someone who knows they are right. — Michael Faraday

Nature is our kindest friend and best critic in experimental science if we only allow her intimations to fall unbiased on our minds. — Michael Faraday

Why, sir, there is every probability that you will soon be able to tax it! Said to William Gladstone, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he asked about the practical worth of electricity. — Michael Faraday

I have far more confidence in the one man who works mentally and bodily at a matter than in the six who merely talk about it. — Michael Faraday

Lectures which really teach will never be popular; lectures which are popular will never really teach. — Michael Faraday

It is on record that when a young aspirant asked Faraday the secret of his success as a scientific investigator, he replied, ‘The secret is comprised in three words–Work, Finish, Publish.’ — Michael Faraday

The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success are concentration, discrimination, organization, innovation and communication. — Michael Faraday

It is right that we should stand by and act on our principles; but not right to hold them in obstinate blindness, or retain them when proved to be erroneous. — Michael Faraday

Shall we educate ourselves in what is known, and then casting away all we have acquired, turn to ignorance for aid to guide us among the unknown? — Michael Faraday

No matter what you look at, if you look at it closely enough, you are involved in the entire universe. — Michael Faraday

I am no poet, but if you think for yourselves, as I proceed, the facts will form a poem in your minds. — Michael Faraday

Who would not have been laughed at if he had said in 1800 that metals could be extracted from their ores by electricity or that portraits could be drawn by chemistry. — Michael Faraday

The lecturer should give The audience full reason to believe that all his powers have been exerted for Their pleasure and instruction. — Michael Faraday

Physicist is both to my mouth and ears so awkward that I think I shall never use it. The equivalent of three separate sounds of ‘I’ in one word is too much. — Michael Faraday

The important thing is to know how to take all things quietly. — Michael Faraday

The condition of matter I have dignified by the term Electronic, THE ELECTRONIC STATE. What do you think of that? Am I not a bold man, ignorant as I am, to coin words? — Michael Faraday

No wonder that my remembrance fails me, for I shall complete my 70 years next Sunday (the 22);–and during these 70 years I have had a happy life; which still remains happy because of hope and content. — Michael Faraday

I could trust a fact and always cross–question an assertion. — Michael Faraday

Since peace is alone in the gift of God; and since it is He who gives it, why should we be afraid? His unspeakable gift in His beloved Son is the ground of no doubtful hope. — Michael Faraday

The philosopher should be a man willing to listen to every suggestion,but determined to judge for himself.He should not be a respector of persons,but of things.Truth should be his primary object. — Michael Faraday

Why will people go astray when they have this blessed Book to guide them? — Michael Faraday