Quotes by Arthur Compton

• Every great discovery I ever made, I gambled that the truth was there, and then I acted in faith until I could prove its existence.
• It is not difficult for me to have this faith, for it is incontrovertible that where there is a plan there is intelligence - an orderly, unfolding universe testifies to the truth of the most majestic statement ever uttered - 'In the beginning, God.'
• If co-operation, is thus the lifeblood of science and technology, it is similarly vital to society as a whole.
• My first feeling about the paper and the attitude is that it is absurd.
• To make the moral achievement implicit in science a source of strength to civilization, the scientist will have to have the cooperation also of the philosopher and the religious teacher.