I don't try to imagine a personal God; it suffices to stand in awe at the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it.

If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.

Intelligence is not the ability to store information, but to know where to find it.

Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity.

I see my life in terms of music.

When Albert Einstein was asked what he would really like to know about the Universe he replied,'is it friendly?

I find it difficult to believe that I belong to such an idiotic, rotten species - the species that actually boasts of its freedom of will, heroism on command, senseless violence, and all of the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism.