I Was Just More Stubborn And More

Non-cooperation In Military Matters Should Be An Essential Moral Principle For All True Scientists.

Only The [catholic] Church Stood Squarely Across The Path Of Hitler’s Campaign For Suppressing Truth. I Never Had Any Special Interest In The Church Before, But Now I Feel A Great Affection And Admiration Because The Church Alone Has Had The Courage And Persistence To Stand For Intellectual Truth And Moral Freedom. I Am Forced Thus To Confess That What I Once Despised I Now Praise Unreservedly.

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.

Every Serious Scientific Worker Is Painfully Conscious Of This Involuntary Relegation To An Ever-narrowing Sphere Of Knowledge, Which Threatens To Deprive The Investigator Of His Broad Horizon And Degrades Him To The Level Of A Mechanic.

The Satisfaction Of Physical Needs Is Indeed The Indispensable Pre-condition Of A Satisfactory Existence, But In Itself It Is Not Enough. In Order To Be Content, Men Must Also Have The Possibility Of Developing Their Intellectual And Artistic Powers To Whatever Extent Accords With Their Personal Characteristics And Abilities.