The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before.

The definition of genius is taking the complex and making it simple.

Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.

Failing isn't bad when you learn what not to do.

The work on satisfactory formulation of technical patents was a true blessing for me. It compelled me to be many-sided in thought, and also offered important stimulation for thought about physics. Following a practical profession is a blessing for people of my type. Because the academic career puts a young person in a sort of compulsory situation to produce scientific papers in impressive quantity, a temptation to superficiality arises that only strong characters are able to resist.

Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.

Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.