I cannot conceive of a God who rewards and punishes his [sic] creatures, or has a will of the type of which we are conscious ourselves.

It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.

We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.

I have just got a new theory of eternity.

... a person who is religiously enlightened appears to me to be one who has, to the best of his ability, liberated himself from the fetters of his selfish desires and is preoccupied with thoughts, feelings, and aspirations to which he clings because of their superpersonal value.

It would be a sad situation if the bag was better than the meat wrapped in it.

At present every coachman and every waiter argues about whether or not the relativity theory is correct.