There are few enough people with sufficient independence to see the weaknesses and follies of their contemporaries and remain themselves untouched by them.

The state is made for man, not man for the state.... That is to say, the state should be our servant and not we its slaves

That which is impenetrable to us really exists. Behind the secrets of nature remains something subtle, intangible, and inexplicable. Veneration for this force beyond anything that we can comprehend is my religion.

Most people stop looking when they find the proverbial needle in the haystack. I would continue looking to see if there were other needles.

Although I cannot believe that the individual survives the death of his body, feeble souls harbor such thought through fear or ridiculous egotism.

Imagination is more valuable than information.

Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed.