There is only one proved method of assisting the advancement of pure science-that of picking men of genius, backing them heavily, and leaving them to…

- James Bryant Conant

Whether a man lives or dies in vain can be measured only by the way he faces his own problems, by the success or failure of the inner conflict within…

- James Bryant Conant

Just like a turtle, we only make progress if we stick our neck out.

- James Bryant Conant

Democracy is a small hard core of common agreement, surrounded by a rich variety of individual differences.

- James Bryant Conant

A Harvard education consists of what you learn at Harvard while you are not studying.

- James Bryant Conant

Public education is a great instrument of social change. Through it, if we so desire, we can make our country more nearly a democracy without classes…

- James Bryant Conant

Science advances, not by the accumulation of new facts, but by the continuous development of new concepts.

- James Bryant Conant

I venture to define science as a series of interconnected concepts and conceptual schemes arising from experiment and observation and fruitful of fur…

- James Bryant Conant

Education is what is left after all that has been learnt is forgotten.

- James Bryant Conant