Arthur H. Compton

“An inspired faith in a good God is the greatest force for good in the world.”

“Science can have no quarrel with a religion which postulates a God to whom men are as children.”

“The prime objective of education is to develop in the individual a sense of responsibility for his fellow men.”

“The opportunity to do a service for society is the thing that gives meaning to a man's life.”

“It is not difficult for me to have this faith, for it is incontrovertible that where there is a plan there is intelligence.”

“Science is the glimpse of God's purpose in nature.”

“It is my own faith that any seeming conflict between science and religion is a conflict between bad science and bad religion.”

“The world in which we live is a world of electrons.”

“Freedom is the right to choose, the right to create for oneself the alternatives of choice.”