We must not only learn to tolerate our differences. We must welcome them as the richness and diversity which can lead to true intelligence.

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

The Bible is a great source of wisdom and consolation and should be read frequently.

The scientific theorist is not to be envied. For Nature, or more precisely experiment, is an exorable and not very friendly judge of his work. It never says "yes" to a theory. In the most favorable cases it says "Maybe," and in the great majority of cases simply "No." If an experiment agrees with a theory it means for the latter "Maybe," and if it does not agree it means "No." Probably every theory will some day experience its "No" - most theories, soon after conception.

Engineering is not only study of 45 subjects but it is moral studies of intellectual life. Make things as simple as possible..but not simpler.

I want to know the thoughts of God. Everything else is just details.

The individual feels the futility of human desires and aims and the sublimity and marvelous order which reveal themselves both in nature and in the world of thought.