Since I do not forsee that atomic energy is to be a great boon for a long time, I have to say that for the present it is a menace. Perhaps it is well that it should be. It may intimidate the human race into bringing order into its international affairs, which, without the presence of fear, it would not do.

The Bible is a collection of honorable, but primitive legends which are still nevertheless pretty childish.

I simply imagine it so, then go about to prove it.

The leader is one who, out of the clutter, brings simplicity... out of discord, harmony... and out of difficulty, opportunity.

Qualities I sought in a scientific theory were naturalness, inner perfection and logical simplicity from an aesthetic approach.

The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.

What interests me most is whether God could have made the world differently.