That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God.

The faster you go, the shorter you are.

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

Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age.

Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism – how passionately I hate them!

Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be.

I used to go away for weeks in a state of confusion.

We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.

As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.

It is only to the individual that a soul is given.

Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple, and may, as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone.

The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. Either we suffer in health or we suffer in soul or we get fat.

The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.

I want to know all Gods thoughts; all the rest are just details.

I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil.

Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.

Solitude is painful when one is young, but delightful when one is more mature.

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.

The road to perdition has ever been accompanied by lip service to an ideal.

True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.