I refuse to make money out of my science. My laurel is not for sale like so many bales of cotton.

I rarely think in words at all.

In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.

The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children.

The best design is the simplest one that works.

Each makes this cosmos and its construction the pivot of his emotional life, in order to find in this way peace and security which he can not find in the narrow whirlpool of personal experience.

If this being is omnipotent, then every occurrence, including every human action, every human thought, and every human feeling and aspiration is also His work; how is it possible to think of holding men responsible for their deeds and thoughts before such an almighty Being? In giving out punishment and rewards He would to a certain extent be passing judgment on Himself. How can this be combined with the goodness and righteousness ascribed to Him?