I would like to tell the young men and women before me not to lose hope and courage. Success can only come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you.
The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
In the history of science, we often find that the study of some natural phenomenon has been the starting point in the development of a new branch of knowledge.
It is not often that idealism of student days finds adequate opportunity for expression in the later life of manhood.
We need a spirit of victory, a spirit that will carry us to our rightful place under the sun, a spirit which can recognize that we, as inheritors of a proud civilization, are entitled to our rightful place on this planet. If that indomitable spirit were to arise, nothing can hold us from achieving our rightful destiny.
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The optimist thinks that this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist knows it.
A physicist is just an atom's way of looking at itself.
An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field.
Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.
Ideas can only be useful when they come to life in many minds.
Nature has to be felt.
Tell your son to stop trying to fill your head with science - for to fill your heart with love is enough!
Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt.
It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
I fear the day when the technology overlaps with our humanity. The world will only have a generation of idiots.
We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance.
The best way to learn something is to have to teach it.
Quantum physics thus reveals a basic oneness of the universe.
The present is the only thing that has no end.
The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will turn you into an atheist, but at the bottom of the glass God is waiting for you.
If we made atomic bombs, we would bring about a terrible change in the world. Who knows what would happen from this?
Truth never wins, but its enemies cease to exist.
Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery that we are trying to solve.
It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment.
Life stands before me like an eternal spring with new and brilliant clothes.
All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.
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If you see German soldiers, don't panic. They are here to help.
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