“Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough”

Philosophers say a great deal about what is absolutely necessary for science, and it is always, so far as one can see, rather naive, and probably wrong.

Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry.

Why nature is mathematical is, again, a mystery.

I think nature’s imagination Is so much greater than man’s, she’s never going to let us relax

I don’t know what’s the matter with people: they don’t learn by understanding; they learn by some other way—by rote, or something. Their knowledge is so fragile!

We are lucky to live in an age in which we are still making discoveries.

I don’t know what’s the matter with people: they don’t learn by understanding, they learn by some other way — by rote or something. Their knowledge is so fragile.

Physicists like to think that all you have to do is say, these are the conditions, now what happens next?

I love to think. I once considered taking drugs as an attempt to better understand an altered state of mind; however, I decided not to. I didn’t want to chance ruining the machine.

Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt.

I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.

Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that’s not why we do it.

You have to have absolute confidence. Keep right on going, and nothing will happen.

Never confuse education with intelligence, you can have a PhD and still be an idiot.

I have to keep going to find out ultimately what is the matter with it in the end.

I think it’s much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong.

Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage.

A lie that is half-truth is the darkest of all lies.

O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.

When everyone is trying to be something, be nothing. Range with emptiness.

If ifs were gifts, every day would be Christmas.

You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance.

Things that are seen are temporal; things that are unseen are eternal.

It’s hard to listen to your soul if you’re only listening to your fears.