I am happy because I want nothing from anyone. I do not care for money. Decorations, titles or distinctions mean nothing to me. I do not crave praise. The only thing that gives me pleasure, apart from my work, my violin and my sailboat, is the appreciation of my fellow workers.

I fully agree with you about the significance and educational value of as well as history and philosophy of science. So many people today - and even professional - seem to me like someone who has seen thousands of trees but has never seen a forest. A knowledge of the historic and philosophical background gives that kind of independence from prejudices of his generation from which most scientists are suffering. This independence created by philosophical insight is - in my opinion - the mark of distinction between a mere artisan or specialist and a real seeker after truth.

It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed.

After a certain high level of technical skill is achieved science and art tend to coalesce in aesthetics, plasticity, and form. The greatest scientists are artists as well.

All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree.

Be a loner. That gives you time to wonder.

Be a loner. That gives you time to wonder, to search for the truth. Have holy curiosity. Make your life worth living.

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.