All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree.

The heart says yes, but the mind says no.

The sole function of education...[is] to open the way to thinking and knowing, and the school, as the outstanding organ for the people's education, must serve that end exclusively.

A bartender is just a pharmacist with a limited inventory.

The single most important decision any of us will ever make is whether or not to believe the universe is friendly.

If you want your children to be smart, tell them stories. If you want them to be really smart, tell them more stories. If you want your children to be brilliant, tell them even more stories.

I cannot seriously believe in it [quantum theory] because the theory cannot be reconciled with the idea that physics should represent a reality in time and space, free from spooky actions at a distance [spukhafte Fernwirkungen].