In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it is the exact opposite.
Paul DiracIf we are honest - and scientists have to be - we must admit that religion is a jumble of false assertions, with no basis in reality.
Paul DiracThe methods of theoretical physics should be applicable to all those branches of thought in which the essential features are expressible with numbers.
Paul DiracThere is in my opinion a great similarity between the problems provided by the mysterious behavior of the atom and those provided by the present economic paradoxes confronting the world.
Paul DiracI learnt to distrust all physical concepts as the basis for a theory. Instead one should put one's trust in a mathematical scheme, even if the scheme does not appear at first sight to be connected with physics. One should concentrate on getting interesting mathematics.
Paul DiracI found the best ideas usually came, not when one was actively striving for them, but when one was in a more relaxed stateโฆ I used to take long solitary walks on Sundays, during which I tended to review the current situation in a leisurely way. Such occasions often proved fruitful, even though (or perhaps, because) the primary purpose of the walk was relaxation and not research.
Paul Dirac