In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.
Date of birth: 1879-03-14
Date of death: 1955-04-18
Quotes number: 182
Nationality: German
Profession: Physicist
We have one authority and one law and everyone has the responsibility to follow that law and that authority.
It is by doubting that we come to investigate, and by investigating that we recognize the truth.
The key to wisdom is this - constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth.
I read our emails every day and I know there are people out there who think I'm awful.
The dead should be judged like criminals, impartially, but they should be allowed the benefit of the doubt.
Truth is always strange, stranger than fiction.
Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.
Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.