Not all things worth counting are countable and not all things that count are worth counting.

What really interests me is whether God had any choice in the creation of the World.

It strikes me as unfair, and even in bad taste, to select a few of them for boundless admiration, attributing superhuman powers of mind and character to them. This has been my fate, and the contrast between the popular estimate of my powers and achievements and the reality is simply grotesque.

... it is a welcome symptom in an age which is commonly denounced as materialistic, that it makes heroes of men whose goals lie wholly in the intellectual and moral sphere.

Stand still. The trees ahead and bush beside you are not lost.

The wonder of nature does not become smaller because one cannot measure it by the standards of human moral and human aims.

Human knowledge and skills alone cannot lead humanity to a happy and dignified life. Humanity has every reason to place the proclaimers of high moral standards and values above the discoverers of objective truth.