Enrico Fermi

"Whoever is happy will make others happy."

"It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company."

"The purpose of science is not to accumulate knowledge but to understand."

"A man who dares to waste one hour of life has not discovered the value of life."

"When you realize you've made a mistake, make amends immediately."

"Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions."

"Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget."

"A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are."

"Family is where life begins and love never ends."

"The memories we make with our family is everything."

"In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future, and the context for our present."

"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without."

"The only real freedom is freedom from the self."

"Change is the only constant in life."

"What we think, we become."

"The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude."

"Science and faith are not enemies; they are complementary."

"The power of imagination makes us infinite."

"Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life."

"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower."

"The only question is whether you can do it."

"Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time."

"An average person with average talents and ambition and average everything has no reason not to succeed."

"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."

"The beauty of the fundamental laws is their simplicity."

"To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it."

"Science requires both facts and faith."

"The useful deceptions are the ones we tell ourselves."

"I remember my friend Johnny von Neumann used to say, 'With four parameters I can fit an elephant, and with five I can make him wiggle his trunk.'"

"Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple, and may, as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone."