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Is the electron the only constituent of matter? Or is it merely one of the constituents?

The most important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to discover new ways of thinking about them.

There is nothing new under the sun.

The magnitude of the current in a circuit is directly proportional to the electromotive force and inversely proportional to the resistance.

The future of physics lies in the study of the relationship between electricity and magnetism.

I am so absorbed in my work that I have no time for anything else.

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.

Patience is also a form of action.

The wave nature of matter is not a mere mathematical artifice, but a physical reality.

The past resembles the future more than one drop of water resembles another.

Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?

If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.

Have no fear of perfection; you'll never reach it.

The problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color-line.

People discuss my art and pretend to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, but one who asks the right questions.

Choose only one master—Nature.

The first and most fundamental rule is: Consider social facts as things.

The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by the 'disenchantment of the world.'