“If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.”

“It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if you described a Beethoven symphony as a variation of wave pressure.”

“I want to go when I want. It is tasteless to prolong life artificially. I have done my share, it is time to go. I will do it elegantly.”

“The right to search for the truth implies also a duty; one must not conceal any part of what one has recognized to be the truth.”

“Truth is what stands the test of experience. ”

“Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth.”

“A foolish faith in authority is the worst enemy of truth.”