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Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition.
I never commit to memory anything that can easily be looked up in a book
In every true searcher of Nature there is a kind of religious reverence.
The greatest tragedy of human existence is the illusion of separateness.
The world is so full of possibilities that dogmatism is simply indecent.
I have yet to figure out whether it is I am that am crazy, or the world.
To invent something, all you need is imagination and a big pile of junk.
If I could remember the names of all these particles, I'd be a botanist.
No path leads from a knowledge of that which is to that which should be.
I'm convinced that art and science activate the same parts of the brain.
When you see something that is technically sweet you go ahead and do it.
I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be.
True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.
Stupidity is a personal achievement which transcends national boundaries.
Combinatory play seems to be the essential feature in productive thought.
Only strong characters can resist the temptation of superficial analysis.
The splitting of the atom has changed everything except for how we think.
People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results.
Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.
The more comprehensible the universe becomes the more pointless it seems.
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.
The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.
Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.
A ship is always safe at the shore - but that is NOT what it is built for.
The concept of marriage must have been thought up by an unimaginative pig.
When a man is sufficiently motivated, discipline will take care of itself.
I have tried 99 times and have failed, but on the 100th time came success.
All I want to do is learn to think like God. All the rest is just details.
The tyranny of the ignoramuses is insurmountable and assured for all time.
The laws of gravity cannot be held responcible for people falling in love.
Time is relative; its only worth depends upon what we do as it is passing.
We believe that an informed citizenry will act for life and not for death.
No man should escape our universities without knowing how little he knows.
I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil.
I have second thoughts. Maybe God is malicious. Told to Valentine Bargmann.
The road to perdition has ever been accompanied by lip service to an ideal.
Racism is America's greatest disease, racism is a disease of the white man.
A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.
Numerous are the academic professors, but rare are wise and noble teachers.
In my experience, the best creative work is never done when one is unhappy.
Education is what is left after you've forgotten everything you've learned.
One lives one's life under constant tension, until it's time to go for good
If I had known they were going to do this, I would have become a shoemaker.
Those who believe that politics and religion do not mix, understand neither.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
A problem cannot be solved at the level of consciousness in which it occurs.
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.
Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.
If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or objects.
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.