It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how nature is. Physics concerns what we say about nature.

A physicist is just an atom's way of looking at itself.

Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real.

If quantum mechanics hasn't profoundly shocked you, you haven't understood it yet.

An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field.

When we measure something we are forcing an undetermined, undefined world to assume an experimental value. We are not measuring the world, we are creating it.

I go into the Upanishads to ask questions.

There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them.

The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.

Nothing exists until it is measured.

No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical.

Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same

When I was a child, I believed that those stars were knights in silver armor protecting the universe against darkness.

The struggle to keep aroused emotions within proper boundaries is won by putting a conscious leash on them and leading them like junkyard dogs right to the throne of grace

I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people you hate. But you must still dare to love. The rewards are worth far more than the risks.

If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?

If we start counting our chickens before they hatch, they won't lay any eggs in the basket

It was a Roman who said it was sweet to die for one's country. The Greeks never said it was sweet to die for anything. They had no vital lies.

The peculiar need to write is increased, it seems, rather than allayed with practice.

How poor a guide enthusiasm is when it is not informed with the mind and spirit of God.

I don't see white police officers slamming the heads of little white boys into police cars.