When I was young, all I wanted and expected from life was to sit quietly in some corner doing my work without the public paying attention to me. And now see what has become of me.

The splitting of the atom has changed everything except for how we think.

God is clever, but not dishonest.

I have not eaten enough of the tree of knowledge, though in my profession I am obligated to feed on it regularly.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

The wonder of nature does not become smaller because one cannot measure it by the standards of human moral and human aims.

Unlimited competition leads to a huge waste of labor, and to that crippling of the social consciousness of individuals.