To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today.

And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning.

People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.

A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.

If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.

Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance.

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance.

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.