Ever since childhood I have scorned the commonplace limits so often set upon human ambition. Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury - to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone; best both for the body and the mind

When the Special Theory of Relativity began to germinate in me, I was visited by all sorts of nervous conflicts... I used to go away for weeks in a state of confusion.

If you want the answer to anything, go sit in Nature for awhile

Just because you believe in something does not mean that it is true.

Physical concepts are free creations of the human mind, and are not, however it may seem, uniquely determined by the external world.

All men are ignorant, just in different fields.

As an elderly man, I have remained estranged from the society here.