The more success the quantum theory has, the sillier it looks

The main task of the spirit is to free man from his ego.

We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.

Genius simply cannot be reduced to a set of rules for anyone to follow.

Unless Americans come to realize that they are not stronger in the world because they have the bomb but weaker because of their vulnerability to atomic attack, they are not likely to conduct their policy at Lake Success [the United Nations] or in their relations with Russia in a spirit that furthers the arrival at an understanding.

My success wasn't so much due to intelligence, but the fact that I stuck with problems longer.

Logic can take you from point A to point B. Imagination can take you wherever you want