12+ Joel Henry Hildebrand Quotes On Religion, Education

Joel Henry Hildebrand was an American chemist who made significant contributions in the fields of thermodynamics, colloid science, and the physical chemistry of solutions. He is best known for his work on the physical chemistry of electrolytes, the Hildebrand solubility parameter, and the Hildebrand-Scott equation. He was a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and served as the President of the American Chemical Society from 1939 to 1940. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Joel Henry Hildebrand on leadership, religion, love.

[I shall not] discuss scientific method, but rather the methods of scientists. We proceed by common sense and ingenuity. There are no rules, only the principles of integrity and objectivity, with a complete rejection of all authority except that of fact. — Joel Henry Hildebrand

Very few people do anything creative after the age of thirty-five. The reason is that very few people do anything creative before the age of thirty-five. — Joel Henry Hildebrand

The men who have had the most to give to their fellow men are those who have enriched their minds and hearts in solitude. It is a poor education that does not fit a man to be alone with himself. — Joel Henry Hildebrand

The invention of IQ did a great disservice to creativity in education. ... Individuality, personality, originality, are too precious to be meddled with by amateur psychiatrists whose patterns for a "wholesome personality" are inevitably their own. — Joel Henry Hildebrand

How fortunate for civilization, that Beethoven, Michelangelo, Galileo and Faraday were not required by law to attend schools where their total personalities would have been operated upon to make them learn acceptable ways of participating as members of "the group." — Joel Henry Hildebrand

That there is no such thing as the scientific method, one might easily discover by asking several scientists to define it. One would find, I am sure, that no two of them would exactly agree. Indeed, no two scientists work and think in just the same ways. — Joel Henry Hildebrand

Instead of adjusting students to docile membership in whatever group they happen to be placed, we should equip them to cope with their environment, not be adjusted to it, to be willing to stand alone, if necessary, for what is right and true. — Joel Henry Hildebrand

[When questioned on his longevity] First of all, I selected my ancestors very wisely. ... They were long-lived, healthy people. Then, as a chemist, I know how to eat, how to exercise, keep my blood circulating. ... I don't worry. I don't get angry at people. I don't worry about things I can't help. I do what I can to make the world a better place to live, but I don't complain if things aren't right. As a scientist I take the world as I find it. — Joel Henry Hildebrand

The best person able to appraise promise as a mathematician is a gifted teacher, and not a professional tester. — Joel Henry Hildebrand

[About the demand of the Board of Regents of the University of California that professors sign non-Communist loyalty oaths or lose their jobs within 65 days.] No conceivable damage to the university at the hands of hypothetical Communists among us could possibly have equaled the damage resulting from the unrest, ill-will and suspicion engendered by this series of events. — Joel Henry Hildebrand

Anyone who thinks we can continue to have world wars but make them nice polite affairs by outlawing this weapon or that should meditate upon the outlawing of the cross-bow by Papal authority. Setting up the machinery for international law and order must surely precede disarmament. The Wild West did not abandon its shooting irons till after sheriffs and courts were established. — Joel Henry Hildebrand

A child of the new generation Refused to learn multiplication. He said 'Don't conclude That I'm stupid or rude; I am simply without motivation.' — Joel Henry Hildebrand

Life Lessons by Joel Henry Hildebrand

1. Joel Henry Hildebrand's work demonstrated the importance of precision in experimentation and the power of collaboration in scientific research.
2. He also showed that the application of scientific knowledge can lead to practical solutions to everyday problems.
3. His research into the properties of liquids and solids provided insight into the behavior of matter that is still relevant today.