Growth comes through analogy; through seeing how things connect, rather than only seeing how they might be different.

Scientific research is based on the idea that everything that takes place is determined by laws of Nature, and therefore this holds for the action of people. For this reason, a research scientist will hardly be inclined to believe that events could be influenced by a prayer, i.e. by a wish addressed to a Supernatural Being.

That is the way to learn the most, that when you are doing something with such enjoyment that you don't notice that the time passes.

Imagination is more valuable than information.

Common sense needs constant reappraisal.

Artists and creative workers - people who have accomplished work worthwhile have had a very high sense of the way to do things. They haven't been contented with mediocrity. They haven't confined themselves to the beaten tracks; they have never been satisfied to do things just as others do them, but always a little better. Few are those who see with their own eyesand feel with their own hearts.

Earth is the insane asylum of the universe.