Everything Should Be Made As Simple As Possible, But Not Simpler.
Any Man Who Can Drive Safely While Kissing A Pretty Girl Is Simply Not Giving The Kiss The Attention It Deserves.
Morality Is Of The Highest Importance - But For Us, Not For God.
Anyone Who Has Never Made A Mistake Has Never Tried Anything New.
I Want To Know All Gods Thoughts; All The Rest Are Just Details.
I Think And Think For Months And Years. Ninety-nine Times, The Conclusion Is False. The Hundredth Time I Am Right.
My Religion Consists Of A Humble Admiration Of The Illimitable Superior Spirit Who Reveals Himself In The Slight Details We Are Able To Perceive With Our Frail And Feeble Mind.
It Is A Miracle That Curiosity Survives Formal Education.
The Difference Between Stupidity And Genius Is That Genius Has Its Limits.
The Only Thing That Interferes With My Learning Is My Education.
The Grand Aim Of All Science Is To Cover The Greatest Number Of Empirical Facts By Logical Deduction From The Smallest Number Of Hypotheses Or Axioms.
Human Beings Must Have Action; And They Will Make It If They Cannot Find It.
Most People Say That It Is The Intellect Which Makes A Great Scientist. They Are Wrong: It Is Character.
Whoever Undertakes To Set Himself Up As A Judge Of Truth And Knowledge Is Shipwrecked By The Laughter Of The Gods.
I Believe That A Simple And Unassuming Manner Of Life Is Best For Everyone, Best Both For The Body And The Mind.
Never Do Anything Against Conscience Even If The State Demands It.
Too Many Of Us Look Upon Americans As Dollar Chasers. This Is A Cruel Libel, Even If It Is Reiterated Thoughtlessly By The Americans Themselves.
The Most Incomprehensible Thing About The World Is That It Is Comprehensible.
Weakness Of Attitude Becomes Weakness Of Character.
You Ask Me If I Keep A Notebook To Record My Great Ideas. I've Only Ever Had One.
The Fear Of Death Is The Most Unjustified Of All Fears, For There's No Risk Of Accident For Someone Who's Dead.
Great Spirits Have Always Encountered Violent Opposition From Mediocre Minds.
There Comes A Time When The Mind Takes A Higher Plane Of Knowledge But Can Never Prove How It Got There.
Imagination Is More Important Than Knowledge.
The Whole Of Science Is Nothing More Than A Refinement Of Everyday Thinking.
I Do Not Believe That Civilization Will Be Wiped Out In A War Fought With The Atomic Bomb. Perhaps Two-thirds Of The People Of The Earth Will Be Killed.
Politics Is For The Present, But An Equation Is For Eternity.
You Can Never Solve A Problem On The Level On Which It Was Created.
The Important Thing Is Not To Stop Questioning. Curiosity Has Its Own Reason For Existing.