Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.

We should take care not to make the intellect our god it has of course powerful muscles but no personality.

Those who have the privilege to know have the duty to act, and in that action are the seeds of new knowledge.

There comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can never prove how it got there.

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.

The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.

The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.

The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.

Nothing truly valuable can be achieved except by the unselfish cooperation of many individuals.

No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right a single experiment can prove me wrong.

Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity, but don't rule out malice.

Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

I think and think for months for years. Ninety-nine times the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.

I never teach my pupils, I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.

I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.

I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots.

I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.

I am not a genius, I am just curious. I ask many questions. and when the answer is simple, then God is answering.

Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.

All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual.