Erwin Schrodinger

God's existence or non-existence, and the validity of moral laws, are not matters for scientific inquiry.

The fundamental laws of physics are statistical. They do not determine precisely what will happen, but only the probability of what will happen.

I am very astonished that the scientific picture of the world around me is very deficient. It gives a lot of factual information, puts all our experience in a magnificently consistent order, but it is ghastly silent about all and sundry that is really near to our heart, that really matters to us. It cannot tell us a word about red and blue, bitter and sweet, physical pain and physical delight; it knows nothing of beautiful and ugly, good and bad, God and eternity.

The atom consists of a nucleus and electrons. This is a very crude picture, but it is the one we have to work with.

The world is not 'out there' independent of our consciousness. It is a construction of our minds.

Quantum mechanics is a wonderful theory. But it is not the last word.

The future of mankind depends on the wisdom of its leaders. And that is a very frightening thought.

The scientific method is a powerful tool, but it is not the only way to gain knowledge.

The existence of life on Earth is just a fluke. There is no special reason for it.

We are living in an age of specialization. This is a dangerous trend.

The problem of consciousness is the most difficult problem in science.

The universe is a grand illusion. But it is a very persistent one.

We are all connected. There is no real separation between us.

The greatest discovery of all time is the discovery that we can discover.

The world is much stranger than we can imagine.

My solution was not motivated by the desire to reduce the number of independent constants in nature, but rather by the desire to avoid the infinite self-energy of the electron.

If we were to pursue the idea to its logical conclusion, we would have to assume that every thought, every feeling, every sensation is somehow connected with an elementary process in the brain, with a single quantum jump.

The great task of science is to unify all knowledge.

The world is not made of atoms, it is made of stories.

I am a physicist, not a philosopher. But I cannot help but think about these things.