We are the elite

We are the elite of the humanity!

„Ich hatte von meiner Arbeit niemanden etwas gesagt; meiner Frau teilte ich mit, daß ich etwas mache, von dem die Leute, wenn sie es erfahren, sagen würden, der Röntgen ist wohl verrückt geworden“
-Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen

„Ach, daß der Mensch doch durchsichtig wäre wie eine Qualle und daß man den Sitz seiner Leiden schauen könnte.“
-Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen

"Now if this electron is displaced from its equilibrium position, a force that is directly proportional to the displacement restores it like a pendulum to its position of rest."
-Pieter Zeeman

"The rotation of the polarization plane is extraordinarily small in all gases, thus also in sodium vapour."
-Pieter Zeeman

"When I was bringing out my Scientific Papers I proposed a motto from the Psalms, "The Works of the Lord are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein." The Secretary to the Press suggested with many apologies that the reader might suppose that 'I' was the Lord."
-John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh

"I have never thought the materialist view possible, and I look to a power beyond what we see, and to a life in which we may at least hope to take part. What is more, I think that Christ and indeed other spiritually gifted men see further and truer than I do, and I wish to follow them as far as I can."
-John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh

"There are no secrets about the world of nature. There are secrets about the thoughts and intentions of men."
-Robert Oppenheimer

"I can't think that it would be terrible of me to say — and it is occasionally true — that I need physics more than friends."
-Robert Oppenheimer