Classical thermodynamics ... is the only physical theory of universal content which I am convinced ... will never be overthrown.

I'm no more intelligent than the next guy. I'm just more curious.

One has a feeling that one has a kind of home in this timeless community of human beings that strive for truth. ... I have always believed that Jesus meant by the Kingdom of God the small group scattered all through time of intellectually and ethically valuable people.

All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual.

When a man is sufficiently motivated, discipline will take care of itself.

In my experience, the best creative work is never done when one is unhappy.

A priori one should expect a chaotic world which cannot be grasped by the mind in any way... The kind of order created by Newton's theory of gravitation...is wholly different. Even if the axioms of the theory are proposed by man, the success of such a project presupposes a high degree of ordering of the objective world.... That is the "miracle" which is being constantly reinforced as our knowledge expands.