If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it.

In my view, it is the most important function of art and science to awaken this feeling and keep it alive in those who are capable of it.

The road to perdition has ever been accompanied by lip service to an ideal.

The history of scientific and technical discovery teaches us that the human race is poor in independent and creative imagination.

Everyone knew it was impossible, until a fool who didn't know came along and did it.

Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.

If my theory of relativity is proven successful, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare me a citizen of the world. Should my theory prove untrue, France will say that I am a German, and Germany will declare that I am a Jew.