When a blind beetle crawls over the surface of a globe he doesn't notice that the track he has covered is curved. I was lucky enough to have spotted it.

My scientific work is motivated by an irresistible longing to understand the secrets of nature and by no other feeling. My love for justice and striving to contribute towards the improvement of human conditions are quite independent from my scientific interests.

Just as with the man in the fairy tale who turned whatever he touched into gold, with me everything is turned into newspaper clamor.

We know nothing at all. All our knowledge is but the knowledge of schoolchildren. The real nature of things we shall never know.

The magic of compounding interest is truly the eighth wonder of the world!

To obtain an assured favorable response from people, it is better to offer them something for their stomachs instead of their brains.

Common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down by the mind before you reach eighteen.