Dear Posterity, If You Have Not Become

Quantum Mechanics Is Certainly Imposing. But An Inner Voice Tells Me That This Is Not Yet The Real Thing. The Theory Says A Lot, But Does Not Bring Us Any Closer To The Secrets Of The "old One." I, At Any Rate, Am Convinced That He Is Not Playing At Dice.

The Future Is Not A Gift-it Is An Achievement.

War Seems To Me To Be A Mean, Contemptible Thing: I Would Rather Be Hacked In Pieces Than Take Part In Such An Abominable Business. And Yet So High, In Spite Of Everything, Is My Opinion Of The Human Race That I Believe This Bogey Would Have Disappeared Long Ago, Had The Sound Sense Of The Nations Not Been Systematically Corrupted By Commercial And Political Interests Acting Through The Schools And The Press

Relativity Is A Purely Scientific Matter And Has Nothing To Do With Religion.

Since I Do Not Forsee That Atomic Energy Is To Be A Great Boon For A Long Time, I Have To Say That For The Present It Is A Menace. Perhaps It Is Well That It Should Be. It May Intimidate The Human Race Into Bringing Order Into Its International Affairs, Which, Without The Presence Of Fear, It Would Not Do.