The woman who follows the crowd will usually believe that I said this.

A theory is the more impressive the greater the simplicity of its premises is, the more different kinds of things it relates, and the more extended its area of applicability.

If there is any religion that could respond to the needs of modern science, it would be Buddhism.

Nature conceals her mystery by her essential grandeur.

Science will stagnate if it is made to serve practical goals.

Only a life lived for others is a life worth while . I have no special gift. I am only passionately curious . I want to know God's thoughts... all the rest are details. Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift. It's not that I'm so smart , it's just that I stay with problems longer.

I owe as much of my success to an uncompromising obstinacy as to any original ideas.