This has been done elegantly by Minkowski; but chalk is cheaper than grey matter, and we will do it as it comes.

My deep religiosity [...] found an abrupt ending at the age of twelve, through the reading of popular scientific books.

There exists a passion for comprehension, just as there exists a passion for music. That passion is rather common in children, but gets lost in most people later on. Without this passion there would be neither mathematics nor natural science.

The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder.

About Newton: Nature to him was an open book, whose letters he could read without effort.

I have yet to meet a single person from our culture, no matter what his or her educational background, IQ, and specific training, who had powerful transpersonal experiences and continues to subscribe to the materialistic monism of Western science.

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.