It strikes me as unfair, and even in bad taste, to select a few of them for boundless admiration, attributing superhuman powers of mind and character to them. This has been my fate, and the contrast between the popular estimate of my powers and achievements and the reality is simply grotesque.

My deep religiosity [...] found an abrupt ending at the age of twelve, through the reading of popular scientific books.

Don't be too hard on me. Everyone has to sacrifice at the altar of stupidity from time to time.

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.

The normal objective of my thought affords no insight into the dark places of human will and feeling.

Persistence is the most powerful force on earth, it can move mountains.

Politics is a pendulum whose swings between anarchy and tyranny are fueled by perennially rejuvenated illusions.