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

Quote by J Robert Oppenheimer

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In some sort of crude sense, which no vulgarity, no humor, no overstatement can quite...

In some sort of crude sense, which no vulgarity, no humor, no overstatement can quite...

The most beautiful philosophical song existing in any known tongue.

The most beautiful philosophical song existing in any known tongue.

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...