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.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Natural science does not simply describe and explain nature: it is part of the interplay between us and nature.
The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.
You don’t play for revenge, you play for respect and pride.
What counts now are the value-less facts, the material and the rational. All else is regarded with condescension as being of only sentimental value.
I think we judge talent wrong. What do we see as talent? I think I have made the same mistake myself. Things like determination, courage, discipline, temperament, these are also talent.
The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
To such a world of conflict, a world of victims, and executions, it is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.