Famous Quotes by Ernst Mach

“Knowledge and error flow from the same mental sources; only success can tell one from the other.”

The aim of science is not to open the door to eternal wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error.

The world is not a thing, but a system of relationships.

The sensations of our senses are the basis of all our knowledge.

What we call a thing is a bundle of sensations which we hold together.

It is not enough to be able to think; one must also be able to act.

Science is a system of relationships and can be derived only from experience.

Every sensation is the result of a stimulus and is not an isolated fact, but one of a great number of similar facts.

We must beware of needless innovations, especially when guided by logic.

The principle of simplicity is a criterion of scientific truth.

Our ideas are not isolated, but part of the great system of ideas.