10. I am not only a pacifist, but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace…. Is it not better for a man to die for a cause in which he believes, such as peace, than to suffer for a cause in which he does not believe, such as war?
9. Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
8. A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
7. Genius is 1% talent and 99% percent hard work...
6. I want to know God’s thoughts. The rest are details.
5. Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
4. Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.
3. Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
2. The search for truth and knowledge is one of the finest attributes of man—though often it is most loudly voiced by those who strive for it the least.
1. The difference between genius and stupidity is; genius has its limits.
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