The individual feels the vanity of human desires and aims, and the nobility and marvelous order which are revealed in nature and in the world of thought. He feels the individual destiny as an imprisonment and seeks to experience the totality of existence as a unity full of significance.

I want to know the thoughts of God. Everything else is just details.

The world is so full of possibilities that dogmatism is simply indecent.

When I'm judging a theory, I ask myself whether, if I were God, I would have arranged the world in such a way.

I refuse to make money out of my science. My laurel is not for sale like so many bales of cotton.

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.

You can't resolve a dilemma with all the very same mind that made it