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

It followed from the special theory of relativity that mass and energy are both but different manifestations of the same thing - a somewhat unfamiliar conception for the average mind. Furthermore, the equation E = mc², in which energy is put equal to mass, multiplied by the square of the velocity of light, showed that very small amounts of mass may be converted into a very large amount of energy and vice versa.

Human beings, in their thinking, feeling and acting are not free agents but are as causally bound as the stars in their motion.

One scientific epoch ended and another began with James Clerk Maxwell.

But there is another reason for the high repute of mathematics: it is mathematics that offers the exact natural sciences a certain measure of security which, without mathematics, they could not attain.

I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil. My God created laws that take care of that. His universe is not ruled by wishful thinking, but by immutable laws.

There is an atmosphere of well-sounding oratory that likes to attach itself to dress clothes. Away with it!