It Doesnt Matter How Beautiful Your Theory Is It

“It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is ... If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong.”

“Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself. The principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool.”

“No, our science is no illusion. But an illusion it would be to suppose that what science cannot give us we can get elsewhere.”

“You can recognize a small truth because its opposite is a falsehood. The opposite of a great truth is another truth.”

“Well, the way of paradoxes is the way of truth. To test reality we must see it on the tight rope. When the verities become acrobats, we can judge them.”

“The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.”