The seeds of great discoveries are constantly floating around us, but they only take root in minds well-prepared to receive them.

- Joseph Henry

The general mental qualification necessary for scientific advancement is that which is usually denominated "common sense," though added to this, imag…

- Joseph Henry

The person who thought there could be any real conflict between science and religion must be either very young in science or ignorant of religion.

- Joseph Henry

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the mere result of chance and temperament.

- Joseph Henry

The man of true genius never lives before his time, he never undertakes impossibilities, and always embarks on his enterprise at the suitable place a…

- Joseph Henry

The Logos was divine, not the divine Being himself.

- Joseph Henry

Meteorology has ever been an apple of contention, as if the violent commotions of the atmosphere induced a sympathetic effect on the minds of those w…

- Joseph Henry

Nothing but the infinite Pity is sufficient for the infinite pathos of human life.

- Joseph Henry