My pacifism is not based on any intellectual theory but on a deep antipathy to every form of cruelty and hatred.

Human beings are not condemned, because of their biological constitution, to annihilate each other or to be at the mercy of a cruel, self-inflicted fate.

The splitting of the atom has changed everything except for how we think.

Out of the clutter find Simplicity

It is intelligent to have a plan, but neurotic to fall in love with it.

I fully agree with you about the significance and educational value of as well as history and philosophy of science. So many people today - and even professional - seem to me like someone who has seen thousands of trees but has never seen a forest. A knowledge of the historic and philosophical background gives that kind of independence from prejudices of his generation from which most scientists are suffering. This independence created by philosophical insight is - in my opinion - the mark of distinction between a mere artisan or specialist and a real seeker after truth.

No one does anything right in life, until they realize that they are making a mistake