"The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives."

"He called the patent office 'that worldly cloister where I hatched my most beautiful ideas'."

"My passion for social justice has often brought me into conflict with people, as has my aversion to all kinds of authority."

"Strange is our situation here on Earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose."

"The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science."