This is what the painter, the poet, the speculative philosopher, and the natural scientists do, each in his own fashion.

My deep religiosity [...] found an abrupt ending at the age of twelve, through the reading of popular scientific books.

The pursuit of knowledge is more valuable than its possession.

If I had an hour to solve a problem I'd spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 minutes thinking about solutions.

It is not by sitting still at a grand distance and calling the human race larvae that men are to be helped.

The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of hypotheses or axioms.

In talking about human rights today, we are referring primarily to the following demands: protection of the individual against arbitrary infringement by other individuals or by the government; the right to work and to adequate earnings from work; freedom of discussion and teaching; adequate participation of the individual in the formation of his government. These human rights are nowadays recognised theoretically, although, by abundant use of formalistic, legal manoeuvres, they are being violated to a much greater extent than even a generation ago.