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If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music. ”
There could be no fairer destiny for any physical theory than that it should point the way to a more comprehensive theory in which it lives on as a limiting case. ”
Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile. ”
I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind. ”
Without deep reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people. ”
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. ”
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving. ”
The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while. ”
The cell, over the billions of years of her life, has covered the earth many times with her substance, found ways to control herself and her environment, and insure her survival. ”
For over two billion years, through the apparent fancy of her endless differentiations and metamorphosis the Cell, as regards its basic physiological mechanisms, has remained one and the same. It is life itself, and our true and distant ancestor. ”