God Does Not Play Dice.

There Are Moments When One Feels Free From One's Own Identification With Human Limitations And Inadequacies. At Such Moments One Imagines That One Stands On Some Spot Of A Small Planet, Gazing In Amazement At The Cold Yet Profoundly Moving Beauty Of The Eternal, The Unfathomable; Life And Death Flow Into One, And There Is Neither Evolution Nor Destiny; Only Being.

If You Took Half Of Something And Continued To Take Half Of That Half And So On, You Would Never Reach An End.

I Recently Discussed With An Intelligent And Well-disposed Man The Threat Of Another War, Which In My Opinion Would Seriously Endanger The Existence Of Mankind, And I Remarked That Only A Supranational Organization Would Offer Protection From That Danger. Thereupon My Visitor, Very Calmly And Coolly, Said To Me: "why Are You So Deeply Opposed To The Disappearance Of The Human Race?".

The Longing To Behold This Pre-established Harmony [of Phenomena And Theoretical Principles] Is The Source Of The Inexhaustible Patience And Perseverance With Which Planck Has Devoted Himself ... The State Of Mind Which Enables A Man To Do Work Of This Kind Is Akin To That Of The Religious Worshiper Or The Lover; The Daily Effort Comes From No Deliberate Intention Or Program, But Straight From The Heart.

The Trouble With The Younger Generation Is That They Don't Stay Young For Very Long.