I do not think that the radio waves I have discovered will have any practical application.

One cannot escape the feeling that these mathematical formulas have an independent existence and an intelligence of their own, that they are wiser than we are, wiser even than their discoverers.

I grow increasingly aware, and in more ways than expected that I am at the center of my own field; and whether it be folly or wisdom, it is a very pleasant feeling.

Maxwell's theory is Maxwell's system of equations.

From the outset Maxwell's theory excelled all others in elegance and in the abundance of the relations between the various phenomena which it included.

We didn’t want to admit it then, but we were friends. Best friends.

Gratitude is a flowing stream.

When the Higher Man does something worthy of admiration, it is an evidence of his Mastership, not the object of it.

I deny the lawfulness of telling a lie to a sick man for fear of alarming him you have no business with consequences you are to tell the truth.

Freedom of choice is more to be treasured than any possession earth can give.

I'd wanted to be a writer since I was knee-high. Once I knew that books were written by people and didn't just happen, it was obviously that I would write them, too.

We hate the very idea that our own ideas may be mistaken, so we cling dogmatically to our conjectures.

Anything I tell you is an alibi for something else." Then let's be quiet together.

One's happiness depends less on what he knows than on what he feels.