I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for paradoxes.

What one man can invent another can discover.

There are truths that prove their discoverers witless.

New things are always ugly.

The unknown is the largest need of the intellect.

When they shout “Long live progress,” always ask, “Progress of what?”

The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a star.

Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.

Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose. 

How gloriously legible are the constellations of the heavens!