Of all things I liked books best. My father had a large library and whenever I could manage I tried to satisfy my passion for reading.

Sometimes I feel that by not marrying, I made too great a sacrifice to my work.

Of all the frictional resistances, the one that most retards human movement is ignorance, what Buddha called 'the greatest evil in the world.' The friction which results from ignorance ... can be reduced only by the spread of knowledge and the unification of the heterogeneous elements of humanity. No effort could be better spent.

Of all the endless variety of phenomena which nature presents to our senses, there is none that fills our minds with greater wonder than that inconceivably complex movement which, in its entirety, we designate as human life; Its mysterious origin is veiled in the forever impenetrable mist of the past, its character is rendered incomprehensible by its infinite intricacy, and its destination is hidden in the unfathomable depths of the future... .

All matter comes from a primary substance, the luminiferous ether

No free energy device will ever be allowed to reach the market.

The last 29 days of the month are the toughest!