Numerous are the academic professors, but rare are wise and noble teachers.

From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that we are here for the sake of each other.

It strikes me as unfair, and even in bad taste, to select a few of them for boundless admiration, attributing superhuman powers of mind and character to them. This has been my fate, and the contrast between the popular estimate of my powers and achievements and the reality is simply grotesque.

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious. The important thing is to not stop questioning. Curiousity has its own reason for existing.

The formulation of the problem is often more essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental skill.

God did not create evil. Just as darkness is the absence of light, evil is the absence of God.