quotes about Fear No One

“The oppressed find in the oppressors their model of 'manhood.'”

“Contented, unambitious people are all very well in their way. They form a neat, useful background for great portraits to be painted against, and they make a respectable, if not particularly intelligent, audience for the active spirits of the age to play before. I have not a word to say against contented people so long as they keep quiet.”

“I'm all in favor of the democratic principle that one idiot is as good as one genius, but I draw the line when someone takes the next step and concludes that two idiots are better than one genius.”

Source : "Some Szilardisms on War, Fame, Peace". Life magazine, Vol. 51, No. 9, p. 79, September 01, 1961.

“Death is my lover and he wants to move in.”

“Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.”

“A drunkard is one thing, and a temperate man is quite another.”

“The first question which you will ask and which I must try to answer is this; What is the use of climbing Mount Everest? and my answer must at once be, it is no use. There is not the slightest prospect of any gain whatsoever.”

“You must never let your personal life be outpaced by your professional life. If you do, [if] your professional life takes more of your time than your personal life, then that's called stress, okay? And it's called worry and things like that. Worry is a sign that you're trying to be God. The greatest stress reliever to me is this sentence: God is God, and I'm not.”

“If there are rules and regulations, I can't help it, I want to break them.”

“I can take anyone down at anytime; they can't take me down; no one can ride or turn me; I can control anyone.”