The understanding, like the eye, whilst it makes us see and perceive all other things, takes no notice of itself; and it requires art and pains to set it at a distance and make it its own object.

To lead the people, walk behind them.

Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.

Science discovers natural laws of the universe; it does not create them. Why then, is belief in God as the Creator of the universe considered contrary to science?

It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this.

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

A physicist is an atom's way of knowing about atoms.

Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.

New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.