The history of all times and nations teaches us that exactly in the naïve, unshakable belief, furnished by religion in active life of believers, originate the most intense motives for the most significant creative performance, not only in the field of arts and sciences but also in politics.

Science progresses not by convincing the adherents of old theories that they are wrong, but by allowing enough time to pass so that a new generation can arise unencumbered by the old errors.

A scientist is happy, not in resting on his attainments but in the steady acquisition of fresh knowledge.

A new truth always has to conend with many difficulties. If it were not so, it would have been discovered much sooner.

In all my research I have never come across matter. To me the term matter implies a bundle of energy which is given form by an intelligent spirit.

We have no right to assume that any physical laws exist, or if they have existed up until now, that they will continue to exist in a similar manner in the future.

Experiment is the only means of knowledge at our disposal. Everything else is poetry, imagination.