[ernest Rutherford Is]...a Second Newton.

When You Examine The Lives Of The Most Influential People Who Have Ever Walked Among Us, You Discover One Thread That Winds Through Them All. They Have Been Aligned First With Their Spiritual Nature And Only Then With Their Physical Selves.

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.

One Cannot Help But Be In Awe When [one] Contemplates The Mysteries Of Eternity, Of Life, Of The Marvelous Structure Of Reality.

If I Had Only One Hour To Save The World, I Would Spend Fifty-five Minutes Defining The Problem, And Only Five Minutes Finding The Solution.

If I Had Known They Were Going To Do This, I Would Have Become A Shoemaker.