There lies the weaknesss of positivists and professional atheists who are elated because they feel that they have not only successfully rid the world of gods but "bared the miracles." (That is, explained the miracles. - ed.) Oddly enough, we must be satisfied to acknowledge the "miracle" without there being any legitimate way for us to approach it . I am forced to add that just to keep you from thinking that -weakened by age-I have fallen prey to the clergy.

Figuring out how to think about the problem.

In order to be an immaculate member of a flock of sheep, one must above all be a sheep oneself.

The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.

Music has no effect on research work, but both are born of the same source and complement each other through the satisfaction they bestow

The world is not full of evil because of those who do wrong. It is full of evil because of those who do nothing.

There is no vaccine against stupidity.