God always takes the simplest way.

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

A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.

People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results.

I very rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to express it in words afterwards.

Mozart’s music is so pure and beautiful that I see it as a reflection of the inner beauty of the universe.

Joy in looking and comprehending is nature’s most beautiful gift.

Anyone who doesn’t take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.

All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree.

I do not believe in immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman authority behind it.

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.

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

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.

Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.

I am a deeply religious nonbeliever – this is a somewhat new kind of religion.

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

If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.

The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.

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.

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