“I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil. My God created laws that take care of that. His universe is not ruled by wishful thinking, but by immutable laws.”
“我不相信神学意义上的上帝,它会褒善惩恶。我的神创造了各种规律去办好这些事。它的世界不是靠祈求和冥想来维系,而是由各种各样不变的规律去支配。”
“I believe in the brotherhood of man and the uniqueness of the individual. But if you ask me to prove what I believe, I can't. You know them to be true but you could spend a whole lifetime without being able to prove them. The mind can proceed only so far upon what it knows and can prove. There comes a point where the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge, but can never prove how it got there. All great discoveries have involved such a leap.”
“我相信四海之内皆兄弟,我相信每个人都有独到之处。但是如果你要我证实我的所信,我做不到。有些东西你明知确实,但你可能竭尽毕生也未必能证实。人的思维在已知和确证了事物的基础上可连续进行。有时人们的见解达到了一个更高的知识层面,但永远也不能确证怎么到达的。所有重大发现都包含着这样的飞跃。”