Marie Curie Is, Of All Celebrated Beings,

The Formulation Of The Problem Is Often More Essential Than Its Solution, Which May Be Merely A Matter Of Mathematical Or Experimental Skill.

I Must Be Willing To Give Up What I Am In Order To Become What I Will Be.

I Take It To Be True That Pure Thought Can Grasp The Real, As The Ancients Had Dreamed.

I Cannot Conceive Of A God Who Rewards And Punishes His Creatures, Or Has A Will Of The Kind That We Experience In Ourselves. Neither Can I Nor Would I Want To Conceive Of An Individual That Survives His Physical Death; Let Feeble Souls, From Fear Or Absurd Egoism, Cherish Such Thoughts. I Am Satisfied With The Mystery Of The Eternity Of Life And With The Awareness And A Glimpse Of The Marvelous Structure Of The Existing World, Together With The Devoted Striving To Comprehend A Portion, Be It Ever So Tiny, Of The Reason That Manifests Itself In Nature.

Anonymity Is No Excuse For Stupidity.