I Recognize That Many Physicists Are Smarter

[david Harker Asked: Dr Pauling, How Do You Have So Many Good Ideas?] Well David, I Have A Lot Of Ideas And Throw Away The Bad Ones.

Men Will Gather Knowledge No Matter What The Consequences. Science Will Go On Whether We Are Pessimistic Or Optimistic, As I Am. More Interesting Discoveries Than We Can Imagine Will Be Made, And I Am Awaiting Them, Full Of Curiosity And Enthusiasm.

You Can Trace Every Sickness, Every Disease And Every Ailment To A Mineral Deficiency.

Science Is The Search For The Truth--it Is Not A Game In Which One Tries To Beat His Opponent, To Do Harm To Others. We Need To Have The Spirit Of Science In International Affairs, To Make The Conduct Of International Affairs The Effort To Find The Right Solution, The Just Solution Of International Problems, And Not An Effort By Each Nation To Get The Better Of Other Nations, To Do Harm To Them When It Is Possible. I Believe In Morality, In Justice, In Humanitarianism.

If You Want To Have Good Ideas You Must Have Many Ideas. Most Of Them Will Be Wrong, And What You Have To Learn Is Which Ones To Throw Away.