My feeling is religious insofar as I am imbued with the consciousness of the insufficiency of the human mind to understand more deeply the harmony of the Universe which we try to formulate as "laws of nature".

I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.

Belief in an external world independent of the perceiving subject is the basis of all natural science.

I never teach my pupils, I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.

You imagine that I look back on my life's work with calm satisfaction. But from nearby it looks quite different. There is not a single concept of which I am convinced that it will stand firm, and I feel uncertain whether I am in general on the right track.

Without changing our pattern of thought, we will not be able to solve the problems we created with our current patterns of thought

If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.