“Never underestimate the joy people derive from hearing something they already know.”

When asked what he meant by a miracle: Oh, anything with a probability of less than 20%.

Ignorance is never better than knowledge.

It does not say in the Bible that all laws of nature are expressible linearly!

There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you’ve made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you’ve made a discovery.

The fundamental point in fabricating a chain reacting machine is of course to see to it that each fission produces a certain number of neutrons and some of these neutrons will again produce fission.

Where is everybody? Humans could theoretically colonize the galaxy in a million years or so, and if they could, astronauts from older civilizations could do the same. So why haven’t they come to Earth?

Young man, if I could remember the names of these particles, I would have been a botanist.

Before I came here I was confused about this subject. Having listened to your lecture I am still confused. But on a higher level.

Whatever Nature has in store for mankind, unpleasant as it may be, men must accept, for ignorance is never better than knowledge.

Experimental confirmation of a prediction is merely a measurement. An experiment disproving a prediction is a discovery.

It is not good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge.

An experiment disproving a prediction is discovery.

Seek your happiness in the happiness of all.

Happiness comes to them who bring happiness to others.

Happiness comes to them who bring happiness to others.

Happiness comes to them who bring happiness to others.

Give me a flagon of red wine, a book of verses, a loaf of bread, and a little idleness. If with such store I might sit by thy dear side in some lonely place, I should deem myself happier than a king in his kingdom.

I’m gladly doing my own thing for the time being.

If freedom is a requisite for human happiness, then all that’s necessary is to provide the illusion of freedom.

She said, ‘I’m so afraid.’ And I said, ‘why?,’ and she said, ‘Because I’m so profoundly happy, Dr. Rasul. Happiness like this is frightening.’ I asked her why and she said, ‘They only let you be this happy if they’re preparing to take something from you.