Qualities I sought in a scientific theory were naturalness, inner perfection and logical simplicity from an aesthetic approach.

The trouble with the younger generation is that they don't stay young for very long.

All men are ignorant, just in different fields.

Past is dead Future is uncertain; Present is all you have, So eat, drink and live merry.

James Clerk Maxwell's [work is the] most profound and the most fruitful.

The really valuable method of thought to arrive at a logically coherent system is intuition.

By academic freedom I understand the right to search for truth and to publish and teach what one holds to be true. This right implies also a duty: one must not conceal any part of what on has recognized to be true. It is evident that any restriction on academic freedom acts in such a way as to hamper the dissemination of knowledge among the people and thereby impedes national judgment and action.