Louis de Broglie

Vulnerable, like all men, to the temptations of arrogance, of which intellectual pride is the worst, he [

— Louis de Broglie

Science itself, no matter whether it is the search for truth or merely the need to gain control over the external world, to alleviate suffering, or to prolong life, is ultimately a matter of feeling, or rather, of desire-the desire to know or the desire to realize.

— Louis de Broglie

It seems a little paradoxical to construct a configuration space with the coordinates of points which do not exist.

— Louis de Broglie

The history of science shows that the progress of science has constantly been hampered by the tyrannical influence of certain conceptions that finally came to be considered as dogma. For this reason, it is proper to submit periodically to a very searching examination, principles that we have come to assume without any more discussion.

— Louis de Broglie

Two seemingly incompatible conceptions can each represent an aspect of the truth … They may serve in turn to represent the facts without ever entering into direct conflict.

— Louis de Broglie

The actual state of our knowledge is always provisional and … there must be, beyond what is actually known, immense new regions to discover.

— Louis de Broglie