I shall never believe that God plays dice with the world.

It occurred to me by intuition, and music was the driving force behind that intuition. My discovery was the result of musical perception.

The opinion prevailed among advanced minds that it was time that belief should be replaced increasingly by knowledge; belief that did not itself rest on knowledge was superstition, and as such had to be opposed.

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.

Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.

Small is the number of people who see with their eyes and think with their minds.

My political ideal is democracy. Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized.