Scientists Were Rated As Great Heretics By

For Me The Jewish Religion Like All Other Religions Is An Incarnation Of The Most Childish Superstitions.

People Are Like Bicycles. They Can Keep Their Balance Only As Long As They Keep Moving.

The Scientist Is Activated By A Wonder And Awe Before The Mysterious Comprehensibility Of The Universe Which Is Yet Finally Beyond His Grasp. In Its Profoundest Depths It Is Inaccessible To Man.

Scientific Greatness Is Less A Matter Of Intelligence Than Character; If The Scientist Refuses To Compromise Or Accept Incomplete Answers And Persists In Grappling The Most Basic And Difficult Questions.

By Academic Freedom I Understand The Right To Search For Truth And To Publish And Teach What One Holds To Be True. This Right Implies Also A Duty: One Must Not Conceal Any Part Of What On Has Recognized To Be True. It Is Evident That Any Restriction On Academic Freedom Acts In Such A Way As To Hamper The Dissemination Of Knowledge Among The People And Thereby Impedes National Judgment And Action.