Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be.

I refuse to make money out of my science. My laurel is not for sale like so many bales of cotton.

The only source of knowledge is experience.

Even trivial events demonstrate strong devotion to the Universe and small concern for ego.

Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas. ... [By seeking] logical beauty spiritual formulas are discovered necessary for the deeper penetration into the laws of nature.

The strongest force in the universe is Compound Interest.

A scientist is a mimosa when he himself has made a mistake, and a roaring lion when he discovers a mistake of others.