Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.

A man who is convinced of the truth of his religion is indeed never tolerant. At the least, he is to feel pity for the adherent of another religion but usually it does not stop there. The faithful adherent of a religion will try first of all to convince those that believe in another religion and usually he goes on to hatred if he is not successful. However, hatred then leads to persecution when the might of the majority is behind it.

I must seem like an ostrich who forever burries its head in the relativistic sands in order not to face the evil quanta.

About Newton: Nature to him was an open book, whose letters he could read without effort.

Never regard study as a duty, but as the enviable opportunity to learn

It is quite possible that we can do greater things than Jesus, for what is written in the Bible about him is poetically embellished.

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