I am aware of the usefulness of science to society and of the benefits society derives from it.

The black holes of nature are the most perfect macroscopic objects there are in the universe: the only elements in their construction are our concepts of space and time.

God is Man's greatest invention

Science is a perception of the world around us. Science is a place where what you find in nature pleases you.

Beauty is that to what the human mind responds at its deepest and most profound.

In some strange way, any new fact or insight that I may have found has not seemed to me as a "discovery" of mine, but rather something that had always been there and that I had chanced to pick up.

Indeed, I would feel that an appreciation of the arts in a conscious, disciplined way might help one to do science better.

All the standard equations of mathematical physics can be separated and solved in Kerr geometry.

Never leap into battle, when you may come quietly to victory at a walk.

I am grateful for the blessings of wealth, but it hasn't changed who I am. My feet are still on the ground. I'm just wearing better shoes.

As for the outside world, the artist is confronted by what he sees; but what he sees is primarily what he looks at.

It was a very limited practice; carefully safeguarded. In 1890, that practice was discontinued.

Happiness is just a great equalizer. It's like water. You pour happiness liberally and all sorts of great things are going to happen.

A child cannot be free if his/her mother is not free. A husband cannot be free if his wife is not free. The society is nothing if women are nothing.

Cosmetic surgery processes the bodies of woman-made women, who make up the vast majority of its patient pool, into man-made women.

There's a lot of things people think they can't do and then discover they can when they find themselves tight-wired.

I stand and rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a wheel...the picture of free, untrammeled womanhood.

I salute every individual who honours the core values of peace and help in one way or another to make a difference.