The best design is the simplest one that works.
I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy, accompanied by an educational system which would be oriented toward social goals.
True religion is real living; living with all one’s soul, with all one’s goodness and righteousness.
I believe in standardizing automobiles, not human beings.
Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.
I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.
In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.
Ethical axioms are found and tested not very differently from the axioms of science. Truth is what stands the test of experience.
It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions in political affairs.
One had to cram all this stuff into one’s mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not. This coercion had such a deterring effect on me that, after I had passed the final examination, I found the consideration of any scientific problems distasteful to me for an entire year.
The most beautiful gift of nature is that it gives one pleasure to look around and try to comprehend what we see.
When I study philosophical works I feel I am swallowing something which I don’t have in my mouth.
Adversity introduces a man to himself.
The minority, the ruling class at present, has the schools and press, usually the Church as well, under its thumb. This enables it to organize and sway the emotions of the masses, and make its tool of them.
I used to go away for weeks in a state of confusion.
I do not play games. There is not time for it. When I get through with work, I don’t want anything that requires the working of the mind.
All I want to do is learn to think like God. All the rest is just details.
You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.
Scientists investigate that which already is; Engineers create that which has never been.
Whatever there is of God and goodness in the universe, it must work itself out and express itself through us. We cannot stand aside and let God do it.