J. Robert Oppenheimer Quotes

"Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds. (quoting the Bhagavad-Gita after witnessing the first Nuclear explosion.)"

on Death

"Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."

on Death

"There are no secrets about the world of nature. There are secrets about the thoughts and intentions of men."

on Psychology

"Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man."

on Wisdom

"Both the man of science and the man of action live always at the edge of mystery, surrounded by it."

on Science

"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true."

on Perception