Our defense is not in our armaments, nor in science, nor in going underground. Our defense is in law and order.

One must shy away from questionable undertakings, even when they bear a high-sounding name.

I owe as much of my success to an uncompromising obstinacy as to any original ideas.

I am a Jew, but I am enthralled by the luminous figure of the Nazarene. Jesus is too colossal for the pen of phrasemongers, however artful." He further added: "No man can read the gospels without feeling the actual presence of Jesus. His personality pulsates in every word. No myth is filled with such life...Theseus and other heroes of his type lack the authentic vitality of Jesus.

I am exclusively occupied with the problem of gravitation and hope with the help of a local mathematician friend [Marcel Grossman] to overcome all the difficulties. One thing is certain, however, that never in life have I been quite so tormented. A great respect for mathematics has been instilled within me, the subtler aspects of which, in my stupidity, I regarded until now as pure luxury.

Creativity is the residue of time wasted.

Be kind to people who are different from you.