Arthur Compton

“It is not difficult for me to have this faith, for it is incontrovertible that where there is a plan there is intelligence - an orderly, unfolding universe testifies to the truth of the most majestic statement ever uttered - 'In the beginning, God.'”

“To make the moral achievement implicit in science a source of strength to civilization, the scientist will have to have the cooperation also of the philosopher and the religious teacher.”

“My first feeling about the paper and the attitude is that it is absurd.”

“If co-operation, is thus the lifeblood of science and technology, it is similarly vital to society as a whole.”

“Every great discovery I ever made, I gambled that the truth was there, and then I acted in faith until I could prove its existence.”