The atomic bomb made the prospect of future war unendurable. It has led us up those last few steps to the mountain pass; and beyond there is a different country.

Quote by J Robert Oppenheimer

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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...

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).

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...

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...

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.

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...

The most beautiful philosophical song existing in any known tongue.

The most beautiful philosophical song existing in any known tongue.

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...