The best design is the simplest one that works.

Isn't it strange that I who have written only unpopular books should be such a popular fellow?

The consequence was a positively fanatic [orgy of] freethinking coupled with the impression that youth is being deceived by the state through lies; it was a crushing impression

If they want to see me, here I am. If they want to see my clothes, open my closet and show them my suits.

A desk, some pads, a pencil, and a large basket -- to hold all of mu mistakes.

I do not share the crusading spirit of the professional atheist whose fervor is mostly due to a painful act of liberation from the fetters of religious indoctrination received in youth. I prefer an attitude of humility corresponding to the weakness of our intellectual understanding of nature and of our own being.

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.