One thing I have learned in a long life: All our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike - and yet it is the most precious thing we have.

One strength of the communist system of the East is that it has some of the character of a religion and inspires the emotions of a religion.

Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.

Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.

Whatever nature has in store for mankind, unpleasant as it may be, men must accept, for ignorance is never better than knowledge.

We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.

Science and mathematics Run parallel to reality, they symbolize it, they squint at it, They never touch it: consider what an explosion Would rock the bones of …