I Was Taught That The Way Of

Certein Bodies... Become Luminous When Heated. Their Luminosity Disappears After Some Time, But The Capacity Of Becoming Luminous Afresh Through Heat Is Restored To Them By The Action Of A Spark, And Also By The Action Of Radium.

If It Takes A Hundred Years, It Will Be A Pity, But I Will Not Cease To Work For It As Long As I Live.

You Cannot Hope To Build A Better World Without Improving The Individuals. To That End Each Of Us Must Work For Our Own Improvement, And At The Same Time Share A Genaral Responsibility For All Humanity, Our Particular Duty Being To Aid Those To Whom We Think Can Be Most Useful.

Sometimes My Courage Fails Me And I Think I Ought To Stop Working, Live In The Country And Devote Myself To Gardening. But I Am Held By A Thousand Bonds, And I Don't Know When I Shall Be Able To Arrange Things Otherwise. Nor Do I Know Whether, Even By Writing Scientific Books, I Could Live Without The Laboratory.

I Was Taught That The Way Of Progress Was Neither Swift Nor Easy.