A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough to make us worthy of using it. power
Renown? I've already got more of it than those I respect, and will never have as much as those for whom I feel contempt. respect
Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued. art & beauty
To be adult is to be alone. being alone
One kills a man, one is an assassin one kills millions, one is a conqueror one kills everybody, one is a god. God
It is sometimes important for science to know how to forget the things she is surest of. science
There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past. the future
Think? Why think! We have computers to do that for us. computers
Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men. science
Truth is always served by great minds, even if they fight it. greatness & truth
God, that dumping ground of our dreams. dreams
Never feel remorse for what you have thought about your wife she has thought much worse things about you. marriage
In politics, yesterday's lie is attacked only to flatter today's. politics