If I give you a pfennig, you will be one pfennig richer and I'll be one pfennig poorer. But if I give you an idea, you will have a new idea, but I shall still have it too.

Try first to be a man of value; success will follow.

The discovery of nuclear reactions need not bring about the destruction of mankind any more than the discovery of matches.

History is littered with examples of men who would become gods, but only one example of God becoming Man.

The Universe is difficult to comprehend because it is obvious.

I do not much believe in education. Each person ought to be his or her own model, however frightful that may be.

Remember today, for it is the beginning of always. Today marks the start of a brave new future filled with all your dreams can hold. Think truly to the future and make those dreams come true.