A belief may be larger than a fact. A faith that is overdefined is the very faith most likely to prove inadequate to the great moments of life.

Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility... It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to learn to understand, and that this is his mission.

Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation.

Science can give mankind a better standard of living, better health and a better mental life, if mankind in turn gives science the sympathy and support so essential to its progress.

To pursue science is not to disparage the things of the spirit. In fact, to pursue science rightly is to furnish the framework on which the spirit may rise.

As long as scientists are free to pursue the truth wherever it may lead, there will be a flow of new scientific knowledge to those who can apply it to practical problems.

Give these people money, let them play, and they'll come up with something.

Basic scientific research is scientific capital.

Publication has been extended far beyond our present ability to make real use of the record.

Wholly new forms of encyclopedias will appear, ready made with a mesh of associative trails running through them, ready to be dropped into the memex and there amplified.

The world has arrived at an age of cheap complex devices of great reliability, and something is bound to come of it.

No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.

Without differentiation you have no brand

I say, you do have a heart!" "Sometimes," he replied, "when I have the time.

We weren't pushing Black is beautiful. We just showed it.

But if you are going to wear blinders then you do not know the world.

Life is the beginning of death. Life is for the sake of death. Death is at once the end and the beginning—at once separation and closer union of the self. Through death the reduction is complete.

There's nothing terrible in death; 'Tis but to cast our robes away, And sleep at night, without a breath To break repose till dawn of day.

There is no denying that Hitler and Stalin are alive today... they are waiting for us to forget, because this is what makes possible the resurrection of these two monsters.

Inside every sane person there’s a madman struggling to get out.

I never once failed at making a light bulb. I just found out 99 ways not to make one.