"It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if you described a Beethoven symphony as a variation of wave pressure."
"An empty stomach is not a good political adviser."
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed."
"The best way to cheer yourself is to cheer somebody else up."
"I never made one of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking"
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious."