MAX BORN QUOTES

German physicist (1882-1970)

The belief that there is only one truth and that oneself is in possession of it seems to me the deepest root of all evil that is in the world.

MAX BORN

attributed, The New Intimacy


The release of nuclear energy is an event comparable to the first fire kindled by prehistoric man -- though there is no modern Prometheus but teams of clever yet less heroic fellows, useless as inspiration for epic poetry.

MAX BORN

postscript, The Restless Universe