The enormous mental resilience, without which no Chess player can exist, was so much taken up by Chess that he could never free his mind of this game

I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own -- a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotisms.

Education is what is left after you've forgotten everything you've learned.

A theory is the more impressive the greater is the simplicity of its premises, the more different are the kinds of things it relates and the more extended the range of its applicability.

Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.

My scientific work is motivated by an irresistible longing to understand the secrets of nature and by no other feeling. My love for justice and striving to contribute towards the improvement of human conditions are quite independent from my scientific interests.

When I read the Bhagavad-Gita and reflect about how God created this universe everything else seems so superfluous