Nature Is In Austere Mood, Even Terrifying,

The Laws Expressing The Relations Between Energy And Matter Are, However, Not Solely Of Importance In Pure Science. They Necessarily Come First In Order ... In The Whole Record Of Human Experience, And They Control, In The Last Resort, The Rise Or Fall Of Political Systems, The Freedom Or Bondage Of Nations, The Movements Of Commerce And Industry, The Origin Of Wealth And Poverty, And The General Physical Welfare Of The Race.

An Inexplicable Fact Is Infinitely Preferable To An Incomprehensible Mystery.

[the Blame For The Future 'plight Of Civilization] Must Rest On Scientific Men, Equally With Others, For Being Incapable Of Accepting The Responsibility For The Profound Social Upheavals Which Their Own Work Primarily Has Brought About In Human Relationships.

The Dropping Of The Atomic Bomb Is A Very Deep Problem... Instead Of Commemorating Hiroshima We Should Celebrate... Man's Triumph Over The Problem [of Transmutation], And Not Its First Misuse By Politicians And Military Authorities.

There Is Something Sublime About Its Aloofness From And Its Indifference To Its External Environment.