“Before God we are all equally wise – and equally foolish.”
“At any rate, I am convinced that He [God] does not play dice.”
“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
“My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.”
“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.”
“Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.”
“The important thing is not to stop questioning.”
“The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.”
“We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.”
“Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.”
“Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.”