The darkness, of which the historians complain, is essentially the darkness of their own ignorance.

Men of science have made abundant mistakes of every kind; their knowledge has improved only because of their gradual abandonment of ancient errors, poor approximations, and premature conclusions.

The most malicious kind of hatred is that which is built upon a theological foundation.

Erudition without pedantry is as a rare as wisdom itself.

Scientific achievements seem evanescent, because the very progress of science causes their supersedure; yet some of them are of so fundamental a nature that they are immortal in a deeper way.

The whole iconography of ancient science is simply the fruit of wishful thinking.

From the humanistic point of view every human achievement is unforgettable and immortal in its essence, even if it is replaced by a "better" one.

There are but few saints amongst scientists, as among other men, but truth itself is a goal comparable with sanctity.

science is the most revolutionary force in the world.

Greek culture is pleasant to contemplate because of its great simplicity and naturalness, and because of the absence of gadgets, each of which is sooner or later a cause of servitude.

My gratitude to them [my first teachers] grows as I myself grow older.

He could be doing quantum physics in his head or undressing her in his mind—she’d never know the difference.

You know you've made it when you've been moulded in miniature plastic. But you know what children do with Barbie dolls - it's a bit scary, actually.

Moths, and all sorts of ugly creatures, hover about a lighted candle. Can the candle help it?

And books which told me everything about the wasp, except why.

But there is, I have learned, no permanent escape from the past. It may be an unrecognized law of our nature that we should be drawn back, inevitably, to the place where we have suffered most.

A mind of the caliber of mine cannot derive its nutrient from cows.

Just because you are getting younger doesn't mean you are getting better

A God is thinkable, therefore a God is also actually present

Dissatisfied with what I am, I want to be a better man.

What's going to make me happy is going on the court and holding up trophies, singles and doubles.