The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.

I am not more gifted than anybody else. I am just more curious than the average person and I will not give up a problem until I have found the proper solution.

It is a magnificent feeling to recognize the unity of complex phenomena which appear to be things quite apart from the direct visible truth.

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

The most fundamental question we can ever ask ourselves is whether or not the universe we live in is friendly or hostile.

Mere thinking cannot reveal to us the highest purpose.

Even on the most solemn occasions I got away without wearing socks and hid that lack of civilization in high boots