Real sign of intelligence isn't knoweldge, it's imagination

When a man, after long years of searching, chances upon a thought which discloses something of the beauty of this mysterious universe, he should not therefore be personally celebrated. He is already sufficiently paid by his experience of seeking and finding.

A true genius admits that he/she knows nothing.

I was originally supposed to become an engineer but the thought of having to expend my creative energy on things that make practical everyday life even more refined, with a loathsome capital gain as the goal, was unbearable to me.

In the middle of difficulties lie opportunities.

Is it not better for a man to die for a cause in which he believes, such as peace, than to suffer for a cause in which he does not believe, such as war?

Most people stop looking when they find the proverbial needle in the haystack. I would continue looking to see if there were other needles.