Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.

There is no quantum world. There is only an abstract quantum mechanical description.

It really is a nice theory. The only defect I think it has is probably common to all philosophical theories. It's wrong.

Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense, differing from the latter only as a veteran may differ from a raw recruit: and its methods differ from those of common sense only as far as the guardsman's cut and thrust differ from the manner in which a savage wields his club.

We are not loved by our friends for what we are; rather, we are loved in spite of what we are.

All Joy wants eternity.

It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how Nature is. Physics concerns what we say about Nature.

Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.

What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind.

While the State exists, there can be no freedom. When there is freedom there will be no State.