In any conflict between humanity and technology, humanity will win.

I agree with Schopenhauer that one of the most powerful motives that attracts people to science and art is the longing to escape from everyday life.

It is harder to crack prejudice than an atom.

Even if only 2 percent of those assigned to perform military service should announce their refusal to fight, governments would be powerless, they would not dare send such a large number of people to jail.

As an elderly man, I have remained estranged from the society here.

We should be on our guard not to overestimate science and scientific methods when it is a question of human problems, and we should not assume that experts are the only ones who have the right to express themselves on questions affecting the organization of society.

The most beautiful gift of nature is that it gives one pleasure to look around and try to comprehend what we see.