More the knowledge lesser the Ego, lesser the knowledge, more the Ego.

The physicists say that I am a mathematician, and the mathematicians say that I am a physicist. I am a completely isolated man and though everybody knows me, there are very few people who really know me.

Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it. One should earn one's living by work of which one is sure one is capable. Only when we do not have to be accountable to anybody can we find joy in scientific endeavor.

Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.

As the area of light expands, so does the perimeter of darkness.

Genius abhors consensus because when consensus is reached, thinking stops. Stop nodding your head.

New frameworks are like climbing a mountain - the larger view encompasses rather than rejects the more restricted view.