The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one.

My political ideal is democracy. Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized.

I make it a rule not to clutter my mind with simple information that I can find in a book in five minutes.

The life of the individual has meaning only insofar as it aids in making the life of every living thing nobler and more beautiful. Life is sacred, that is to say, it is the supreme value, to which all other values are subordinate.

Creativity is seeing what others see and thinking what no one else has ever thought.

Scientific greatness is less a matter of intelligence than character; if the scientist refuses to compromise or accept incomplete answers and persists in grappling the most basic and difficult questions.

Einstein was once asked how many feet are in a mile. Einstein's reply was "I don't know, why should I fill my brain with facts I can find in two minutes in any standard reference book?