 All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force... We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent Mind. This Mind is the matrix of all matter. |
| We have no right to assume that any physical laws exist, or if they have existed up until now, that they will continue to exist in a similar manner in the future. |
| A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it. |
| It is not the possession of truth, but the success which attends the seeking after it, that enriches the seeker and brings happiness to him. |
| An important scientific innovation rarely makes its way by gradually winning over and converting its opponents: What does happen is that the opponents gradually die out. |
| Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery that we are trying to solve. |
| A scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it. |
| Ego is the immediate dictate of human consciousness. |
| Whence come I and whither go I? That is the great unfathomable question, the same for every one of us. Science has no answer to it. |
| No burden is so heavy for a man to bear as a succession of happy days. |
| Scientific discovery and scientific knowledge have been achieved only by those who have gone in pursuit of it without any practical purpose whatsoever in view. |
| Anybody who has been seriously engaged is scientific work of any kind realizes that over the entrance to the gates of the temple of science are written the words: 'Ye must have faith.' |
