Max Planck Quotes

1858–1947 Germany

Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck (23 April 1858 – 4 October 1947) was a German theoretical physicist whose discovery of energy quanta won him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918.

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Energy remains constant and entropy always grows and can never be reduced... [T]his is the essence of the second law of thermodynamics...the entropy of a system of bodies can... only increase.

Max Planck - Original Interview (1942)

All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force which brings the particle of an atom to vibration and holds this most minute solar system of the atom together. We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent mind. This mind is the matrix of all matter.

as he accepted the Nobel Prize (1919)

But science sets out confidently on the endeavor finally to know the thing in itself, and even though we realize that this ideal goal can never be completely reached, still we struggle on towards it untiringly. And we know that at every step of the way each effort will be richly rewarded.

Where is Science Going? (1932)

No burden is so heavy for a man to bear as a succession of happy days.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Max Planck (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.