The road to happiness and prosperity lies in an organized diminution of work.

If I were granted omnipotence, and millions of years to experiment in, I should not think Man much to boast of as the final result of all my efforts.

The more we realize our minuteness and our impotence in the face of cosmic forces, the more amazing becomes what human beings have achieved.

Although it is a gloomy view to suppose that life will die out, sometimes when I contemplate the things that people do with their lives I think it is almost a consolation

The thing that I should wish to obtain from money would be leisure with security.

It's not what you have lost, but what you have left that counts.

There's a Bible on that shelf there. But I keep it next to Voltaire - poison and antidote.