This is a question too difficult for a mathematician. It should be asked of a philosopher"(when asked about completing his income tax form)

The emotional state that leads to achievements resembles that of a worshiper or the lover.

Most teachers waste their time by asking question which are intended to discover what a pupil does not know whereas the true art of questioning has for its purpose to discover what pupils knows or is capable of knowing.

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

I am an adherent of the ideal of democracy, although I well know the weaknesses of the democratic form of government. Social equality and economic protection of the individual appeared to me always as the important communal aims of the state. Although I am a typical loner in daily life, my consciousness of belonging to the invisible community of those who strive for truth, beauty, and justice has preserved me from feeling isolated.

Whatever there is of God and goodness in the universe, it must work itself out and express itself through us. We cannot stand aside and let God do it.

It is harder to crack prejudice than an atom.