To a monster the norm must seem monstrous, since everyone is normal to himself.

It is not enough to say that we cannot know or judge because all the information is not in. The process of gathering knowledge does not lead to knowing. A child's world spreads only a little beyond his understanding while that of a great scientist thrusts outward immeasurably. An answer is invariably the parent of a great family of new questions. So we draw worlds and fit them like tracings against the world about us, and crumple them when we find they do not fit and draw new ones.

In my heart there may be doubt that I deserve the Nobel award over other men of letters whom I hold in respect and reverence, but there is no question of my pleasure and pride in having it for myself.

Don't make everyone know about your sadness.

No one knows my ability the way I do. I am pushing against it all the time.

I have lost all sense of home, having moved about so much. It means to me now--only that place where the books are kept.

No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.