1. “If one could conclude as to the nature of the Creator from a study of his creation it would appear that God has a special fondness for stars and beetles.”
2. “In fact, words are well adapted for description and the arousing of emotion, but for many kinds of precise thought other symbols are much better.”
3. “In scientific thought we adopt the simplest theory which will explain all the facts under consideration and enable us to predict new facts of the same kind. The catch in this criterion lies in the world "simplest." It is really an aesthetic canon such as we find implicit in our criticisms of poetry or painting."
4. “Now my own suspicion is that the Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose.”
5. “My own suspicion is that the universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose.”
6. “Now, my own suspicion is that the universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose. I suspect that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of, in any philosophy. That is the reason why I have no philosophy myself, and must be my excuse for dreamimg.”
7. “The world shall perish not for lack of wonders, but for lack of wonder.”
