Art is standing with one hand extended into the universe and one hand extended into the world, and letting ourselves be a conduit for passing energy.

Freedom of teaching and of opinion in book or press is the foundation for the sound and natural development of any people.

When you look at yourself from a universal standpoint, something inside always reminds or informs you that there are bigger and better things to worry about.

The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions.

If you took half of something and continued to take half of that half and so on, you would never reach an end.

From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that we are here for the sake of each other.

I am exclusively occupied with the problem of gravitation and hope with the help of a local mathematician friend [Marcel Grossman] to overcome all the difficulties. One thing is certain, however, that never in life have I been quite so tormented. A great respect for mathematics has been instilled within me, the subtler aspects of which, in my stupidity, I regarded until now as pure luxury.