"It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry; for this delicate little plant, aside from stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom. Without this it goes to wrack and ruin without fail."
"Try and penetrate with our limited means the secrets of nature and you will find that, behind all the descernible laws and connections, there remains something subtle, intangible and inexplicable. Veneration for this force beyond anything that we can comprehend is my religion. To that extent I am, in fact, religious."
"Curiosity is more important than knowledge."
"If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?"
"Dancers are the athletes of God."
"What is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right."