"The curiosity remains... to grasp more clearly how the same matter, which in physics and chemistry displays orderly a…"

"Any living cell carries with it the experiences of a billion years of experimentation by its ancestors. You cannot ex…"

"If you're too sloppy, then you never get reproducible results, and then you never can draw any conclusions; but if yo…"

"The progress of science is tremendously disorderly, and the motivations that lead to this progress are tremendously v…"

"The particular thing about science is to combine that [the dreams of obtaining power] with a retreat from the world. …"

"The scientist addresses an infinitesimal audience of fellow composers. His message is not devoid of universality but …"

"The problem was well expressed by Max Delbrück, one of Schrödinger's contemporaries, who expressed it in this way... …"

"Wer Dankbarkeit fordert, verdient keine."

""Dass es uns lange gut geht, stösst gegen die Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung. Wir werden gar nicht geboren zum Glück. Da…"

"Der Maler und der Beschauer vollenden zusammen ein Bild. Es ist ein Unterschied zwischen vollenden und fertig machen."