The physicists have known sin; and this is a knowledge which they cannot lose. — J. Robert Oppenheimer
We hunger for nobility: the rare words and acts that harmonize simplicity and truth. — J. Robert Oppenheimer
There is something irreversible about acquiring knowledge; and the simulation of the — J. Robert Oppenheimer
Science starts with preconception, with the common culture, and with common sense. — J. Robert Oppenheimer
Submit an agreement providing for the peaceful absorbtion of a celestial races — J. Robert Oppenheimer
Access to the vedas is the greatest privilege this century may claim over all previous centuries. — J. Robert Oppenheimer
Both the man of science and the man of action live always at the edge of mystery, surrounded by it. — J. Robert Oppenheimer
In some sort of crude sense, which no vulgarity, no humor, no overstatement can quite extinguish — J. Robert Oppenheimer
In the material sciences these are and have been, and are most surely likely to continue to be heroic days. — J. Robert Oppenheimer
It has led us up those last few steps to the mountain pass; and beyond there is a different country. — J. Robert Oppenheimer
The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. — J. Robert Oppenheimer
There are children playing in the streets who could solve some of my top problems in physics — J. Robert Oppenheimer