There comes a point in your life when you need to stop reading other people's books and write your own.

It occurred to me by intuition, and music was the driving force behind that intuition. My discovery was the result of musical perception.

My scientific work is motivated by an irresistible longing to understand the secrets of nature not by other feelings.

When we first got married, we made a pact. It was this: In our life together, it was decided I would make all of the big decisions and my wife would make all of the little decisions. For fifty years, we have held true to that agreement. I believe that is the reason for the success in our marriage. However, the strange thing is that in fifty years, there hasn’t been one big decision.

Never memorize something that you can look up.

How I wish that somewhere there existed an island for those who are wise and of good will.

Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth.