I'm looking for a market for wisdom.

- Leo Szilard

Do not destroy what you cannot create.

- Leo Szilard

The most important step in getting a job done is the recognition of the problem. Once I recognize a problem I usually can think of someone who can wo…

- Leo Szilard

You may assume infinite ignorance and unlimited intelligence.

- Leo Szilard

We turned the switch, saw the flashes, watched for ten minutes, then switched everything off and went home. That night I knew the world was headed fo…

- Leo Szilard

Do your work for six years; but in the seventh, go into solitude or among strangers, so that the memory of your friends does not hinder you from bein…

- Leo Szilard

I'm all in favor of the democratic principle that one idiot is as good as one genius, but I draw the line when someone takes the next step and conclu…

- Leo Szilard

Even if we accept, as the basic tenet of true democracy, that one moron is equal to one genius, is it necessary to go a further step and hold that tw…

- Leo Szilard

I am thinking of keeping a diary, not with the intend to publish it, merely to record the facts for the information of God, in case God does not know…

- Leo Szilard