“The Ancients understood the omnipotence of the underside of things.”

There are no such things as applied sciences, only applications of science.

I am on the edge of mysteries and the veil is getting thinner and thinner.

Where are the real sources of human dignity, freedom and modern democracy, if not in the concept of infinity to which all men are equal?

Gentlemen, it is the microbes who will have the last word.

Will opens the door to success, both brilliant and happy.

whatever your career may be, do not let yourselves become tainted by a deprecating and barren scepticism, do not let yourselves be discouraged by the sadness of certain hours which pass over nations.

The only thing that can bring joy is work.

To know how to wonder and question is the first step of the mind toward discovery.

Intuition is given only to him who has undergone long preparation to receive it.

I am utterly convinced that Science and Peace will triumph over Ignorance and War, that nation will eventually unite not to destroy but to edify, and that the future will belong to those who have done the most for the sake of suffering humanity.

Where observation is concerned, chance favors only the prepared mind.

It is surmounting difficulties that make heroes.

Chance favors the prepared mind.

There is a time in every man’s life when he looks to his God, when he looks at his life, when he wonders how he will be remembered.

When I approach a child he inspires in me two sentiments tenderness for what he is and respect for what he may become.

Wine is the most healthful and most hygienic of beverages.

You may have killed God beneath the weight of all that you have said; but don’t imagine that, with all that you are saying, you will make a man that will live longer than he.

The day I know who I am, why and how is known of me, I will be me, Me: free from thorns and petals that go round and round, in heads and heels, and would reveal me, me indeed!

Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

Men are the devils of the earth, and the animals are the tormented souls.

We can regard our life as a uselessly disturbing episode in the blissful repose of nothingness.

People know what they do; frequently they know why they do what they do, but what they don’t know is what they do does.

Knowledge is not for knowing, knowledge is for cutting.

Intuition is given only to him who has undergone long preparation to receive it.