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The Scientific Theorist Is Not To Be Envied. For Nature, Or More Precisely Experiment, Is An Exorable And Not Very Friendly Judge Of His Work. It Never Says "yes" To A Theory. In The Most Favorable Cases It Says "maybe," And In The Great Majority Of Cases Simply "no." If An Experiment Agrees With A Theory It Means For The Latter "maybe," And If It Does Not Agree It Means "no." Probably Every Theory Will Some Day Experience Its "no" - Most Theories, Soon After Conception.

All Means Prove But Blunt Instruments, If They Have Not Behind Them A Living Spirit.

If You Want Your Children To Be Intelligent, Read Them Fairy Tales. If You Want Them To Be More Intelligent, Read Them More Fairy Tales.

The Man Who Regards His Own Life And That Of His Fellow-creatures As Meaningless Is Not Merely Unfortunate But Almost Disqualified For Life.

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.