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Art is the expression of the profoundest thoughts in the simplest way.
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Creativity is one of those hypnotic words which are prone to cast a spell upon our understanding and dissolve our thinking into haze.
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If a theory can not be explained to a child, then the theory is probably worthless.
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Don't do anything that goes against your conscience, even if your country says so.
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Mere thinking cannot reveal to us the highest purpose.
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We will never be able to solve the problems of tomorrow with the thinking of today.
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Marriage is but slavery made to appear civilized.
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It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
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The truth of a theory can never be proven, for one never knows if future experience will contradict its conclusions.
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If someone feels that he has never made a mistake in his life, it only means that he has never tried anything new in his life.
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When a man is sufficiently motivated, discipline will take care of itself.
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Without "ethical culture", there is no salvation for humanity.
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One always likes to do the things for which one has ability.
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The more a country makes military weapons, the more insecure it becomes: if you have weapons, you become a target for attack.
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Today the atomic bomb has altered profoundly the nature of the world as we know it, and the human race consequently finds itself in a new habitat to which it must adapt its thinking.
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I hope that someday, our humanity might yet surpass our technology.
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Mathematics are well and good but Nature keeps dragging us around by the nose.
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In one's youth every person and every event appear to be unique. With age one becomes much more aware that similar events recur. Later on, one is less often delighted or surprised, but also less disappointed than in earlier years.
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If I were to start taking care of my grooming, I would no longer be my own self.
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Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.
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A happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell too much on the future.
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My God may not be your idea of God, but one thing I know of my God - he makes me a humanitarian. I am a proud Jew because we gave the world the Bible and the story of Joseph.
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It is only to the individual that a soul is given.
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Happiness, as a pursuit, is suitable only for pigs.