George Lemaitre

"The evolution of the world can always be represented by the increase of the disorder, the entropy of the system."

"Science and religion are not antagonistic; they answer different questions."

"I find myself forced to admit that the opinion concerning non-existence of matter is Philosophy and not Science."

"The universe begins to look more like a great thought than like a great machine."

"If the world has begun with a single quantum, the creator has something to say about it."

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science."

"Matter is made up of electrons and protons held together by electromagnetic forces, and atoms are made up of nuclei and electrons."

"I do not see how a man can work on the theory of gravitation for ten years without believing that he puts a question genuinely to nature."

"The human mind likes a strange idea as little as the body likes a strange protein."

"Time is what prevents everything from happening at once."

"Space and time are not conditions in which we live; they are modes by which we think."

"The theory of relativity has changed scientific and philosophic thought."

"God is the foundation of all things including science."

"We are made of starstuff; we are a way for the universe to know itself."

"The beginning of the world corresponds to a creation in the sense of metaphysics."

"Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind."

"A theory is something nobody believes, except the person who made it. An experiment is something everybody believes, except the person who made it."

"The laws of physics as we know them have no meaning at the very beginning of the universe."

"Knowledge is the most powerful weapon; ignorance is the greatest enemy."

"The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives."

"Education is the most powerful tool you can use to change the world."

"Creativity is intelligence having fun."

"The measure of intelligence is the ability to change."

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal."

"Every person has inside a basic decency and goodness."

"Imagination is more important than knowledge."

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."

"Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes."

"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."