"Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking."

"The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don't know."

"If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things."

"I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil."

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt …"