I was just more stubborn and more passionate than most about physics.

A new idea comes suddenly and in a rather intuitive way, but intuition is nothing but the outcome of earlier intellectual experience.

In talking about human rights today, we are referring primarily to the following demands: protection of the individual against arbitrary infringement by other individuals or by the government; the right to work and to adequate earnings from work; freedom of discussion and teaching; adequate participation of the individual in the formation of his government. These human rights are nowadays recognised theoretically, although, by abundant use of formalistic, legal manoeuvres, they are being violated to a much greater extent than even a generation ago.

The Universe is a friendly place.

Only six men in the world know about relativity. I am not one of them. When I ask them to explain, they confused me.

You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.

Every reminiscence is colored by the way things are today, and therefore by a delusive point of view.