The world we have made is a result of the level of thinking we have done thus far.

I believe in intuition and inspiration. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. It is, strictly speaking, a real factor in scientific research.

I have deep faith that the principle of the universe will be beautiful and simple

Qualities I sought in a scientific theory were naturalness, inner perfection and logical simplicity from an aesthetic approach.

Except in mathematics, the shortest distance between point A and point B is seldom a straight line. I don't believe in mathematics.

Science has gone a long way toward helping man to free himself from the burden of hard labor; yet, science itself is not a liberator. It creates means, not goals. It is up to men to utilize those means to achieve reasonable goals.

Nationalism, on my opinion, is nothing more than an idealistic rationalization for militarism and aggression.