Weakness Of Attitude Becomes Weakness Of Character.

Who Would Have Thought Around 1900 That In Fifty Years Time We Would Know So Much More And Understand So Much Less.

It Must Be Conceded That A Theory Has An Important Advantage If Its Basic Concepts And Fundamental Hypotheses Are 'close To Experience,' And Greater Confidence In Such A Theory Is Certainly Justified. There Is Less Danger Of Going Completely Astray, Particularly Since It Takes So Much Less Time And Effort To Disprove Such Theories By Experience. Yet More And More, As The Depth Of Our Knowledge Increases, We Must Give Up This Advantage In Our Quest For Logical Simplicity In The Foundations Of Physical Theory.

Creating A New Theory Is Not Like Destroying An Old Barn And Erecting A Skyscraper In Its Place. It Is Rather Like Climbing A Mountain, Gaining New And Wider Views, Discovering Unexpected Connections Between Our Starting Points And Its Rich Environment. But The Point From Which We Started Out Still Exists And Can Be Seen, Although It Appears Smaller And Forms A Tiny Part Of Our Broad View Gained By The Mastery Of The Obstacles On Our Adventurous Way Up.

The Ordinary Adult Never Gives A Thought To Space-time Problems ... I, On The Contrary, Developed So Slowly That I Did Not Begin To Wonder About Space And Time Until I Was An Adult. I Then Delved More Deeply Into The Problem Than Any Other Adult Or Child Would Have Done.

Well, I Have Considered Myself To Be Very Fortunate In That I Have Been Able To Do Mostly Only That Which My Inner Self Told Me To Do... I Am Also Aware That I Do Receive Much Criticism From The Outside World For What I Do And Some People Actually Get Angry At Me. But This Does Not Really Touch Me Because I Feel That These People Do Not Live In He Same World As Do I.