The highest court is in the end one's own conscience and conviction—that goes for you and for Einstein and every other physicist—and before any science there is first of all belief. For me, it is belief in a complete lawfulness in everything that happens.
Quantum theory
From a letter to Niels Bohr, emphasizing the role of personal conviction and belief in scientific endeavor.
October 19, 1930
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