In some sort of crude sense, which no vulgarity, no humor, no overstatement can quite extinguish, the physicists have known sin; and this is a knowledge which they cannot lose.

Quote by J Robert Oppenheimer

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In the material sciences these are and have been, and are most surely likely to...

In the material sciences these are and have been, and are most surely likely to...

The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it...

The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it...

Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.

Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.

I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.

I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.

There are children playing in the streets who could solve some of my top problems...

There are children playing in the streets who could solve some of my top problems...

The most beautiful philosophical song existing in any known tongue.

The most beautiful philosophical song existing in any known tongue.

The atomic bomb made the prospect of future war unendurable. It has led us up...

The atomic bomb made the prospect of future war unendurable. It has led us up...

In a free world, if it is to remain free, we must maintain, with our...

In a free world, if it is to remain free, we must maintain, with our...

Access to the Vedas is the greatest privilege this century may claim over all previous...

Access to the Vedas is the greatest privilege this century may claim over all previous...

It worked. (said after witnessing the first atomic detonation).

It worked. (said after witnessing the first atomic detonation).

The optimist thinks that this is the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist...

The optimist thinks that this is the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist...

The atomic bomb made the prospect of future war unendurable. It has led us up...

The atomic bomb made the prospect of future war unendurable. It has led us up...

Access to the Vedas is the greatest privilege this century may claim over all previous...

Access to the Vedas is the greatest privilege this century may claim over all previous...

No man should escape our universities without knowing how little he knows.

No man should escape our universities without knowing how little he knows.

Both the man of science and the man of action live always at the edge...

Both the man of science and the man of action live always at the edge...

There must be no barriers for freedom of inquiry. There is no place for dogma...

There must be no barriers for freedom of inquiry. There is no place for dogma...

Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.

Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.

All history is only one long story to this effect: men have struggled for power...

All history is only one long story to this effect: men have struggled for power...

Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.

Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.

Certain periods in history suddenly lift humanity to an observation point where a clear light...

Certain periods in history suddenly lift humanity to an observation point where a clear light...

That song, for me, is about drugs and alcohol and loss and love. It's about...

That song, for me, is about drugs and alcohol and loss and love. It's about...

The three great apostles of practical atheism, that make converts without persecuting, and retain them...

The three great apostles of practical atheism, that make converts without persecuting, and retain them...

The highest wisdom is loving kindness

The highest wisdom is loving kindness