Dmitri MendeleevThere exists everywhere a medium in things, determined by equilibrium.377Sadness
Dmitri MendeleevWork, look for peace and calm in work: You will find it nowhere else. Pleasures flit by -- they are only for yourself; work leaves a mark of long-lasting joy, work is for others.378Politics
Dmitri MendeleevThe most all penetrating spirit before which will open the possibility of tilting not tables, but planets, is the spirit of free human inquiry. Believe only in that.4520Humanity
Dmitri MendeleevIt is the function of science to discover the existence of a general reign of order in nature and to find the causes governing this order. And this refers in equal measure to the … ▶251LifePolitics
Dmitri MendeleevCertain characteristic properties of elements can be foretold from their atomic weights.275Thought
Dmitri MendeleevNo one nor anything can silence me.253Reflection
Dmitri MendeleevWhy do they [Americans] quarrel, why do they hate Negroes, Indians, even Germans, why do they not have science and poetry commensurate with themselves, why are there so many fraud… ▶3110HumanityPolitics
Dmitri MendeleevThere is nothing in this world that I fear to say.246Humanity
Dmitri MendeleevI have to talk like this! It`s my job217Reading
Dmitri MendeleevThe edifice of science not only requires material, but also a plan. Without the material, the plan alone is but a castle in the air-a mere possibility; whilst the material without… ▶173Politics
Dmitri MendeleevElements which are similar as regards their chemical properties have atomic weights which are either of nearly the same value (eg. Pt, Ir, Os) or which increase regularly (eg. K, … ▶175Philosophy
Dmitri MendeleevThe magnitude of the atomic weight determines the character of the element, just as the magnitude of the molecule determines the character of a compound body. ✨ Dmitri Ivano… ▶149Politics
Dmitri MendeleevWork, look for peace and calm in work: you will find it nowhere else.139Humanity
