After all, science is essentially international, and it is only through lack of the historical sense that national qualities have been attributed to it.

My husband and I were so closely united by our affection and our common work that we passed nearly all of our time together.

I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician: he is also a child placed before natural phenomena which impress him like a fairy tale. We should not allow it to be believed that all scientific progress can be reduced to mechanisms, machines, gearings, even though such machinery has its own beauty.

I was taught the method for advancement is not quick or simple.

The older one gets, the more one feels that the present must be enjoyed; it is a precious gift, comparable to a state of grace

There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth.

Scientist believe in things, not in person