Occupation: Theoretical Physicist Birth: April 22, 1904 Death: February 18, 1967
It is perfectly obvious that the whole world is going to hell. The only possible chance that it might not is that we do not attempt to prevent it fro….
The theory of our modern technic shows that nothing is as practical as theory..
Pragmatism is an intellectually safe but ultimately sterile philosophy..
Sometimes the answer to fear does not lie in trying to explain away the causes, sometimes the answer lies in courage..
Optimists think that this is the best of all possible worlds; pessimists fear they are right..
It is not possible to be a scientist unless you believe that it is good to learn... that it is of the highest value to share your knowledge... with a….
You can certainly destroy enough of humanity so that only the greatest act of faith can persuade you that what's left will be human..
We hunger for nobility: the rare words and acts that harmonize simplicity and truth..
When we deny the EVIL within ourselves, we dehumanize ourselves, and we deprive ourselves not only of our own destiny but of any possibility of deali….
The Vedas are the greatest privilege of this century..
There is something irreversible about acquiring knowledge; and the simulation of the search for it differs in a most profound way from the reality..
Both the man of science and the man of action live always at the edge of mystery, surrounded by it..
The history of science is rich in example of the fruitfulness of bringing two sets of techniques, two sets of ideas, developed in separate contexts f….