As time goes on, it becomes increasingly evident that the rules which the mathematician finds interesting are the same as those which Nature has chosen.
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 DiracI admired Bohr very much. We had long talks together, long talks in which Bohr did practically all the talking.
Paul DiracA good deal of my research in physics has consisted in not setting out to solve some particular problem, but simply examining mathematical equations of a kind that physicists use and trying to fit them together in an interesting way, regardless of any application that the work may have. It is simply a search for pretty mathematics. It may turn out later to have an application. Then one has good luck. At age 78.
Paul Dirac