“The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible.

“Schopenhauer’s saying, that “a man can do as he will, but not will as he will,” has been an inspiration to me since my”

“There comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can never prove how it got there.”

“Isn't it strange that I who have written only unpopular books should be such a popular fellow?”

“Sólo hay dos cosas infinitas: el universo y la estupidez del hombre.”

“Félek attól a naptól amikor a technológia fontosabb lesz,mint a személyes kapcsolattartás.A világon lesz egy generációnyi idióta.”

“What really interests me is whether God had any choice in the creation of the world.”

“We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.”

“You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.”

“Oh juventud nunca dejes de pensar...”

“The tendencies we have mentioned are something new for America. They arose when, under the influence of the two World Wars and the consequent concentration of all forces on a military goal, a predominantly military mentality developed, which with the almost sudden victory became even more accentuated. The characteristic feature of this mentality is that people place the importance of what Bertrand Russell so tellingly terms “naked power” far above all other factors which affect the relations between peoples. The Germans, misled by Bismarck’s successes in particular, underwent just such a transformation of their mentality—in consequence of which they were entirely ruined in less than a hundred years. I must frankly confess that the foreign policy of the United States since the termination of hostilities has reminded me, sometimes irresistibly, of the attitude of Germany under Kaiser Wilhelm II, and I know that, independent of me, this analogy has most painfully occurred to others as well. It is characteristic of the military mentality that non-human factors (atom bombs, strategic bases, weapons of all sorts, the possession of raw materials, etc.) are held essential, while the human being, his desires and thoughts—in short, the psychological factors—are considered as unimportant and secondary. Herein lies a certain resemblance to Marxism, at least insofar as its theoretical side alone is kept in view. The individual is degraded to a mere instrument; he becomes “human materiel.” The normal ends of human aspiration vanish with such a viewpoint. Instead, the military mentality raises “naked power” as a goal in itself—one of the strangest illusions to which men can succumb.”

“For a scientist, altering your doctrines when the facts change is not a sign of weakness.”

“I am not more gifted than anybody else. I am just more curious than the average person and I will not give up a problem until I have found the proper solution.”

“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.”

“I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music”