There are children playing in the streets who could solve some of my top problems in physics, because they have modes of sensory perception that I lost long ago.

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I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.

I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.

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...

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 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 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...

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 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 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 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...

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...

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 most beautiful philosophical song existing in any known tongue.

The most beautiful philosophical song existing in any known tongue.

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...

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.

Don't forget your history nor your destiny

Don't forget your history nor your destiny

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

If you want to study the social and political history of modern nations, study hell.

If you want to study the social and political history of modern nations, study hell.

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not...

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not...

It is difficult to discern a serious threat to religious liberty from a room of...

It is difficult to discern a serious threat to religious liberty from a room of...

What is the difference between knowledge and wisdom? Knowledge is gained by gathering data, whereas,...

What is the difference between knowledge and wisdom? Knowledge is gained by gathering data, whereas,...