We hope that this honor you have done us will bring the time of further realization of these benefits closer and will help all mankind to live better and be happier through the atom and isotopes.

The future of the world, dependent as it is upon atomic energy, requires more understanding and knowledge about the atom.

Most achievements in science are to a certain degree group efforts.

And yet the Nobel Prizes, in singling out individuals, have done a great deal of good in pointing up to the world as a whole and setting forth clearly goals for achievement.

Nuclear war would mean abolition of most comforts, and disruption of normal routines, for children and adults alike.

You honor me greatly and beyond my ability as an individual but in so doing you honor my colleagues also who made possible the results you have cited.

Vitarag’s [the enlightened one’s] 'water' (knowledge) will remove any kind of (karmic) 'stains'.

If you live with the limited beliefs of your mind, you cannot see life, beyond the physical existence, while in reality, the life happens at a much deeper level.

It is not for us to calculate our victory or fear our defeat, but to do our duty and leave the rest in God's hands.

Choose the kids. There will be plenty of time later to choose work.

Most people who serve in Washington have been trained either as lawyers or as political operatives--professions that tend to place a premium on winning arguments rather than solving problems.

I have the most evil memories of Spain, but I have very few bad memories of Spaniards.

Of private differences personal to himself, my brother had none.

The movies and all that stuff are great, but the fact that I'm in a position to do what I want to do, however I want to do it and when I want to do it is bigger.

How far can we go? How much can we absorb and still have some peace of mind?

The relation of faith between subject and object is unique in every case. Hundreds may believe, but each has to believe by himself.