Max Born

The belief that there is only one truth and that oneself is in possession of it, seems to me the deepest root of all that is evil in the world.

Somewhere in our doctrine is hidden a concept, unjustified by experience, which we must eliminate to open up the road.

I am now convinced that theoretical physics is actually philosophy.

It is true that many scientists are not philosophically minded and have hitherto shown much skill and ingenuity but little wisdom.

There are metaphysical problems, which cannot be disposed of by declaring them meaningless.

If God has made the world a perfect mechanism, He has at least conceded so much to our imperfect intellect that in order to predict little parts of it, we need not solve innumerable differential equations, but can use dice with fair success.

Intellect distinguishes between the possible and the impossible; reason distinguishes between the sensible and the senseless. Even the possible can be senseless.

There are two objectionable types of believers: those who believe the incredible and those who believe that 'belief' must be discarded and replaced by 'the scientific method.