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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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...

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

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

When you see something that is technically sweet, you go ahead and do it and...

When you see something that is technically sweet, you go ahead and do it and...

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...

I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.

I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that...

A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that...

We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!

We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!

Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others,...

Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others,...