All I want to do is learn to think like God. All the rest is just details.

There is nothing divine about morality; it is a purely human affair. If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed. What the individual can do is to give a fine example, and to have the courage to uphold ethical values .. in a society of cynics.

You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.

In the matter of physics, the first lessons should contain nothing but what is experimental and interesting to see. A pretty experiment is in itself often more valuable than twenty formulae extracted from our minds.

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

Smoke like a chimney, work like a horse, eat without thinking, go for a walk only in really pleasant company.

I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil. My God created laws that take care of that. His universe is not ruled by wishful thinking, but by immutable laws.