Quotes about Wisdom

Subtle is the Lord. Malicious, He is not.

God always takes the simplest way.

Somebody who reads only newspapers and at best books of contemporary authors looks to me like an extremely near-sighted person who scorns eyeglasses. He is completely dependent on the prejudices and fashions of his times, since he never gets to see or hear anything else. And what a person thinks on his own without being stimulated by the thoughts and experiences of other people is even in the best case rather paltry and monotonous.

Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.

Kebanyakan orang mengatakan bahwa kecerdasanlah yang melahirkan seorang ilmuwan besar. Mereka salah, karakterlah yang melahirkannya.

In reference to how he came to love music after hearing Mozart's sonatas] I believe that love is a better teacher than a sense of duty, at least for me.

The only thing you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library.

If people only talked about what they understood, Earth would be a very quiet place.

Why, if it weren't for this 'internal illumination' [i.e., sentience] the world would be nothing but a pile of dirt!

Autoritätsdusel ist der größte Feind der Wahrheit. / Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.

Ideas come from God.

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.