“In our description of nature the purpose is not to disclose the real essence of the phenomena but only to track down, so far as it is possible, relations between the manifold aspects of our experience.”

It is a great pity that human beings cannot find all of their satisfaction in scientific contemplativeness.

There are two sorts of truth: trivialities, where opposites are clearly absurd, and profound truths, recognised by the fact that the opposite is also a profound truth.

If an idea does not appear bizarre, there is no hope for it.

How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress.

Address to Albert Einstein: You are not thinking. You are merely being logical.

When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry.

There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them.

One must always do what one really cannot.

There is no hope for any speculation that does not look absurd at first glance.

The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.

If anybody says he can think about quantum physics without getting giddy, that only shows he has not understood the first thing about them.

If we couldn’t laugh at ourselves, that would be the end of everything.

An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field.

Physics is the belief that a simple and consistent description of nature is possible.

Some subjects are so serious that one can only joke about them.

Sometimes the child in one behaves a certain way and the rest of oneself follows behind, slowly shaking its head.

Based on my experience, I can say that India country can be freed of corruption.

Experience is the oracle of truth; and where its responses are unequivocal, they ought to be conclusive and sacred.

Man’s experience in the world is to enable him to get out of its whirlpool.

From my experience, not one in twenty marries the first love; we build statues of snow and weep to see them melt.

I wanted to use my experience to teach kids that racism has no place in hearts and minds.

Mother of three; divorcee; American. Twenty years experience as an actress in motion pictures. Mobile still and more affable than rumour would have it. Wants steady employment in Hollywood. (Has had Broadway). References upon request.

What we need in appointive positions is men of knowledge and experience who have sufficient character to resist temptations.

Learn from the past and share your experiences with others.