“In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.”
Truth“We should take care not to make the intellect our god it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.”
God“In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.”
Truth“To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.”
Imagination“Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.”
Knowledge“I am a deeply religious nonbeliever - this is a somewhat new kind of religion.”
Religion“The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.”
Beauty“God always takes the simplest way.”
Faith“It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.”
Education“The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.”
Life“Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be.”
Knowledge“The environment is everything that isn't me.”
Environmental“Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age.”
Age“It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on the human mind it has overcome man's insecurity before himself and before nature.”
Nature“Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.”
Great“I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.”
Best“One strength of the communist system of the East is that it has some of the character of a religion and inspires the emotions of a religion.”
Religion“Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.”
Age“You ask me if I keep a notebook to record my great ideas. I've only ever had one.”
Great“The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.”
Imagination“I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty.”
God“Time is what prevents everything from happening at once.”
Time