"A self-respecting nation is ready for anything, including war, except for a renunciation of its option to make war."

"The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell."

"To write the lives of the great in separating them from their works necessarily ends by above all stressing their pettiness, because it is in their work that they have put the best of themselves."

"A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless."

"While your life is the true expression of your faith, whom can you fear?"

"And I also trust that there's more than one way to do something."

"Anybody who has been seriously engaged in scientific work of any kind realizes that over the entrance to the gates of the temple of science are written the words: 'Ye must have faith.'"

"I've considered having my nose fixed. But I didn't trust anyone enough. If I could do it myself with a mirror."