Prayers without accordant action are silent lies told to oneself, heard by no God, amounting to nothing. Action is the language of truth, the prayers of the Saints.
Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves.
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift – and the rational mind is a faithful servant. – We have created a society that honors the servant – and has forgotten the gift.
Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.
Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
Go to Heaven for the climate. Hell for the company.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial and government or military pressures.
The test of a first rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.