One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.

The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a star.

One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision.

Appearances are a glimpse of the obscure.

What one man can invent another can discover.

New things are always ugly.

A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.

I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for paradoxes.

Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable desire to seek the truth.

The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.

The atavistic urge toward danger persists and its satisfaction is called adventure.

The unknown is the largest need of the intellect.