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.

Solitude is painful when one is young, but delightful when one is more mature.

Imagination is vastly more important than intelligence.

Einstein was attending a music salon in Germany before the second world war, with the violinist S. Suzuki. Two Japanese women played a German piece of music and a woman in the audience exclaimed: "How wonderful! It sounds so German!" Einstein responded: "Madam, people are all the same."

People are like bicycles. They can keep their balance only as long as they keep moving.

The bitter and the sweet come from the outside, the hard from within, from one's own efforts.

What is this frog and mouse battle among the mathematicians?