For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.
You don’t play for revenge, you play for respect and pride.
The solutions all are simple…after you have arrived at them. But they’re simple only when you know already what they are.
Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery we are trying to solve.
I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial and government or military pressures.
If you’re afraid – don’t do it, – if you’re doing it – don’t be afraid.
You cannot conquer a free man. The most you can do is kill him.
I think it is a mistake to judge science by Nobel Prizes.
Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.
All real philosophers have been artists in the realm of concepts.