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William Henry Bragg Quotes

From religion comes a man's purpose; from science, his power to achieve it. Sometimes people ask if religion and science are not opposed to one another. They are: in the sense that the thumb and fingers of my hands are

From religion comes a man's purpose; from science, his power to achieve it. Sometimes people ask if religion and science are not opposed to one another. They are: in the sense that the thumb and fingers of my hands are opposed to one another. It is an opposition by means of which anything can be grasped.

William Henry Bragg
Mean, Men, Hands
Sir William Henry Bragg (1942). “The World of Sound: Six Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution”

After a year's research, one realizes that it could have been done in a week.

William Henry Bragg
Years, Done, Research

Science is experimental, moving forward step-by-step, making trial and learning through success and failure. Is not this also the way of religion, and especially of the Christian religion? The writings of those who preach the religion have from the very beginning insisted that it is to be proved by experience. If a man is drawn towards honour and courage and endurance, justice, mercy, and charity, let him follow the way of Christ and find out for himself. No findings in science hinder him in that way.

William Henry Bragg
Christian, Moving, Writing
Sir William Henry Bragg (1941). “Science and faith, delivered before the University of Durham at King's college, Newcastle upon Tyne, on 7 March 1941”

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