1. “The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.”
2. “Any book worth banning is a book worth reading.”
3. “People think of education as something they can finish.”
4. “Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.”
5. “The easiest way to sole a problem is to deny it exists.”
6. “It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.”
7. “Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome.”
8. “Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.”
9. “Intelligence is an accident of evolution and not necessarily an advantage.”
10. “When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.”
11. “In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.”
12. “To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well.”
13. “If knowledge can create problems it is not through ignorance that we solve them.”
14. “Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.”
15. “The saddest aspect of life right now is the science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
16. “Scientific truth is beyond loyalty and disloyalty.”
17. “People who don’t expect justice don’t have to suffer disappointment.”
18. “It is the chief characteristic of the religion of science that it works.”
19. “The most hopelessly stupid man is he who is not aware he is wise.”
20. “Nothing has to be true, but everything has to sound true.”
