Truth is on a curve whose asymptote our spirit follows eternally.

What are we doing down here? We prepare the blossoms of tomorrow. We all manure future humanity.

Truth is different from error in two respects: it is a little harder to prove and more difficult to admit.

"Genius is just enduring patience," said Buffon. This is far from complete. Genius is impatience in ideas and patience with the facts: a lively imagination and a calm judgment, rather like a liquid boiling in a cup that remains cold.

The paradox is the seed of truth. This germ just needs a fertile ground to flourish and bear fruit.

To succeed in science, one must doubt; to succeed in life, one must be sure.

God is the mysterious veil under which we hide our ignorance of the cause.