The word 'God' is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, and religious scripture a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation, no matter how subtle, can (for me) change this.

How do I work? I grope.

I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.

The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder.

This is a time, when there seems to be a particular need for friends of wisdom and truth to join together.

If I were to remain silent, I'd be guilty of complicity.

Whatever there is of God and goodness in the universe, it must work itself out and express itself through us. We cannot stand aside and let God do it.