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.

Each act is an island in time, to be judged on its own.

I cannot accept any concept of God based on the fear of life or the fear of death, or blind faith. I cannot prove to you that there is no personal God, but if I were to speak of him I would be a liar.

The great moral teachers of humanity were in a way artistic geniuses in the art of living.

The creative scientist studies nature with the rapt gaze of the lover, and is guided as often by aesthetics as by rational considerations in guessing how nature works.

One can only continue to expect to be read if one omits everything that is unimportant.

Without changing our pattern of thought, we will not be able to solve the problems we created with our current patterns of thought