You believe in a god that plays dice; I believe in law & order.

Everybody acts not only under external compulsion but also in accordance with inner necessity.

Women always worry about things that men forget; men always worry about things women remember.

I soon learned to scent out that which was able to lead to fundamentals and to turn aside from everything else, from the multitude of things which clutter up the mind and divert it from the essential.

Every one who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the Universe-a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the face of which we with our modest powers must feel humble.

I know that the most joy in my life has come to me from my violin.

Everyone must become their own person, however frightful that may be.